howardalex
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| Best cartridge for very old worn vinyl @Edgewear, many thanks !I’ve figured out how to move the FR66 tonearm in the Balance, so I obviously couldn’t resist having a play around.With the FR7fc in the arm I moved the arm pod around until the tip of the FR7 stylus was lined up in the sin... | |
| Best cartridge for very old worn vinyl @chakster thanks again.Apologies for what might be dumb questions but my technical understanding hovers around zero on a good day ...Supposing you could adjust either the FR7 or SPU in the headshell like most other cartridges. Would it then also ... | |
| Best cartridge for very old worn vinyl @chakster many thanks for that - so is this how I get the alignment right for the FR7/SPU cartridges?1. Buy Dr Feickert Protractor.2. Choose Stevenson alignment point.3. Adjust FR66 with FR7 attached so that it aligns on the Steveson points.If I u... | |
| Best cartridge for very old worn vinyl @edgewear thanks for that !I spoke with dealer and figured out how to move the arm on the Brinkman so hopefully will manage it in the next day or so.Not being technically savvy I don’t profess to understand any of the physics at all...The Brinkman... | |
| Best cartridge for very old worn vinyl @chakster,hi yes I’ve got a Shure V15 111 with a new hyper elliptical stylus from JICO (not SAS type)...It’s a surprisingly nice cartridge- I’ve yet to try it properly with the old vinyl | |
| Best cartridge for very old worn vinyl I’ve just read the Balance manual which says:”The Balance tonearm base consists of a pod and a top plate.The pod fits in the hole of the plinth. It can be rotated 360° degrees to adjust the correct pivot-to- spindle distance for the tonearm and, w... | |
| Best cartridge for very old worn vinyl @solypsa, thanks for comment ! Yes it’s got the b60 mount which lifts/ lowers the base of the arm. Even I can adjust that, not the p2s I fear ! | |
| Best cartridge for very old worn vinyl @edgewear, thanks: the FR66 was installed in my Brinkman by the dealer, so I don’t know what P2S distance it has. Most definitely though all of the FR7s and SPUs don’t quite reach the single “bullseye” point on the Brinkman alignment protractor.Wi... | |
| Best cartridge for very old worn vinyl In a completely non-scientific and quite possibly unfair way I had a quick run through some of my cartridges using a prime example of good but worn early 60s Argo vinyl.Best sounding is Koetsu Jade d/c. I use a smidgeon under 2.0 gm, mounted in Ar... | |
| Best cartridge for very old worn vinyl I do already have an Audiodesk ultrasonic cleaner - helps greatly. | |
| Best cartridge for very old worn vinyl Early Argo label with grooved oval logo is awesome. Digital doesn’t do it for me (sadly...) | |
| Best cartridge for very old worn vinyl Thanks for all that.I’ll try my existing cartridges in a comparison and report back ... | |
| NOS Shure V15 type III cartridge opinions Ps in my above post I meant to say “replace headshell wires” rather than tonearm wires ! | |
| NOS Shure V15 type III cartridge opinions Hi,I just bought a Shure V15 111 off eBay.It had the original hypereliptical VN 35 E stylus which, given its age, I was not expecting much of.The stylus tip looked ok under eyeglass although the cantilever looked like it had been dug up from the N... | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth @lewm re the Shure V15 111 in the FR66s tonearm, I’ve now installed a new JICO replacement stylus and cantilever (which includes the suspension) so the cartridge should now be a high compliance job again (assuming it wasn’t due to the suspension ... |