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| Cartridge match for Lustre 801 GST Technics SP1O If you have the capability of doing a low output MC, the Lustre is a perfect match with the Denon 103 series (either straight 103 or 103R depending on your budget and expectations). The Denons, when matched with an appropriate high mass arm, and s... | |
| Billy Bags Cracked Glass The marketing info from Billy Bags has absolutely no information on what "Cracked Glass" is. If it's similar to laminated or security glass it might possibly have some merit as a shelf material but still wouldn't be my first choice; beyond that, i... | |
| Denon DL-103R Wood Body Mod Tobes: I felt exactly as you did for a long time before I did the retip. In fact, I may well have posted almost word for word either here or at the vinyl asylum about my reluctance to lose that "Denon magic" by doing the retip. If you have the ebo... | |
| Denon DL-103R Wood Body Mod Tobes: It's been almost 3 years since I replaced the plastic body on my 103R with an ebony and I still remember those improvments. I have no experience with the A90 so can't say how it would compare, but I would say that, from my perspective, the ... | |
| Clearaudio Double Smart Matrix or Loricraft PRC4 "4. The ultimate test of vinyl cleanliness is not how quiet your surfaces are. One can eliminate clicks and pops with many different methods using many different machines, but that's only the first step. Much harder than that is getting the groove... | |
| Clearaudio Double Smart Matrix or Loricraft PRC4 IME, steaming can be an extremely important and valuable step in a cleaning regimen and I do it regularly. It's particularly effective with really dirty records. I'm not fond of steamers like the Mapleshade which concentrate the steam in a very sm... | |
| Denon DL-103R Wood Body Mod Pat: I had Peter Lederman pot my 103R in an ebony body when he did the line contact retip (I opted for the $250 retip as opposed to the really extreme $350 retip). Ultimately, I think, the different woods offer different presentations, and whether... | |
| Denon DL-103R Wood Body Mod http://www.audioasylum.com/reviews/Phono-Cartridge/Uwe-s-Wood-Body-Denon-103-103R/Ebony-Wood-Body/vinyl/69/694577.htmlThe link above is to a review I wrote on the Ebony body about 3-4 years ago. I've used both the stock 103R and Soundsmith retippe... | |
| rumble issues - see old thread update Yes, woofer pumping with vinyl and ported speakers is a very common problem. As Doug has alluded to above, the problem may be more severe depending on the frequency at which the ports are tuned.While a tonearm/cartridge mismatch is certainly going... | |
| Denon DL-103R Wood Body Mod Yes, and many others as well. I've been using a wood bodied 103R for about 3-4 years now. You won't find many people that don't think it is a major improvement on the stock Denon (I believe Dave Pogue is the one person I know of that does not).IMO... | |
| Woofers going crazy when playing vinyl Funny that this problem reared its ugly head with new speakers that just happen to be ported.Enjoy the KAB and what it has done for you and don't worry about it. It is a very good product. | |
| soundsmith retip questions IMO, there is a ton of misinformation out there with respect to tracking force on the Soundsmith retips and Peter Lederman has in fact acknowledged this (and the Soundsmith website is not particularly precise regarding this) in threads at Audioasy... | |
| Denon DL 106 vs Clearaudio Maestro Wood You might get more of a response if you clarify which Denon cartridge you're interested in. There is no 106; I'd have to assume you're interested in comparisons to either the 160 or one of the 103 variants. | |
| Stylus Force Gauge My Canrong is also 3-4 years old. I am on the 3rd set of batteries but I do use it a fair bit. My feeling is that the button batteries are the main problem. The ones provided with the scale are probably ultra cheap and even the 2nd set I got (from... | |
| Phono preamp gain setting Unfortunately you are in a bit of a "no man's land" situation here. Ideally, with that cartridge you'll require about 44 db of gain at the phono stage so you are a bit light and that will compromise you dynamically among other things. Going to 54 ... |