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| Denon DL 103 modifications and re-body questions thread I ran modified Denon 103R's for close to five years and moved on to other cartridges about 3-4 years ago. The Denon generator is indeed very good. The weak spots in the cartridge are the body and cantilever/stylus. I ended up running 103R's in bot... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... Have bought a couple of relatively inexpensive cartridges and other items from Juki in the past. Wouldn’t hesitate to deal with him and, if I recall correctly, he did take a fairly expensive cartridge back on return/exchange once from someone post... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... @dgarretson Yes, the Accuphase cartridges tend to fly a bit under the radar, which I think is the primary reason you can still purchase one without stylus or broken cantilever at pretty reasonable prices. I paid $112 on Ebay. My system is certainl... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... In my case, back around 1980, when I switched into moving coils I managed to listen to the Dynavector Ruby and the Accuphase AC-2, both of which had been judged neutral-sounding but "musical" by TAS, and finally purchased the AC-2. Two years la... | |
| Rega p6 RB330 how to get XLR output You cannot simply go balanced from the stock Rega arm (unlike almost every other arm out there) to your phono stage because Rega combines the ground with the left channel internally. Separating the ground from the left channel, or a total arm rewi... | |
| Phono cable advice. Good luck! As a geezer, I am totally confused by the wireless thing but have fun and report back after you're done so you can rile up the masses here a bit more haha! | |
| Phono cable advice. Wow-tough crowd here! It’s getting a bit nasty.I may as well throw in a few comments.Firstly, Dopogue is absolutely right about cable burn in, especially on phono cable which is subjected to such a small signal under normal circumstances that it m... | |
| Phono cable advice. I am not noromance or wolf garcia but yes, your link to the RCA to RCA Jelco is the same cable sold with a phono DIN to RCA or XLR as the Jelco 501 and Jelco 506 respectively. For what it is worth, the Jelco cables are constructed with Mogami 2534... | |
| Phono cable advice. The Audiosensibility Impact SE copper cable is an outrageous bargain, and an even more outrageous bargain when the US to Canadian dollar exchange rate is factored in. Significantly better than the Jelco cable, which I’ve owned, grossly superior to... | |
| Current injection (amplification) phono stages Don't believe the Goldnote is a current mode stage. The ESE Nibiru is another one, perhaps one of the earlier current mode stages. | |
| Will fine tune adjustments with protractor help with "brightness?" @chakster A couple of points and then I'll bow out of this discussion:1) As I said above, Stevenson will be better and have lower distortion numbers than Baerwald (or Lofgren A) or Lofgren (B) in the 58-62 mm groove area. Hence, it will work well ... | |
| Will fine tune adjustments with protractor help with "brightness?" @chakster 1) I am aware of Stevenson's link with classical music and in fact alluded to it in my post2) "I doubt in your knowledge of record formats." Does that comment make you feel better-more superior?3) I could be wrong but I doubt there is an... | |
| Will fine tune adjustments with protractor help with "brightness?" What Raul says about Stevenson having greater tracking distortion than Lofgren or Baerwald across the vast majority of the record is absolutely true. However, the statement that Stevenson has lower inner groove distortion is a huge generalization ... | |
| Will fine tune adjustments with protractor help with "brightness?" @avanti1960 On the Technics, if the new GR is using the same arm geometry as the old 1200, traditional Lofgren alignment would result in a much greater overhang, approximately 3.3 mm more, and Baerwald would result in about 2.8 mm more. In both ca... | |
| Will fine tune adjustments with protractor help with "brightness?" Yip will build you anything you tell him to. |