howardalex
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| LONDON Decca, Tzar DST and similar cartridges Having read the thread about the London Decca Reference and it’s comparison to high end mc cartridges I just wanted to share my own personal experience.My system comprises Brinkmann Balance, FR66s, Alnic H3000, Soulution 725 and Avalon Compass dia... | |
| Best tonearm for London Reference Cartridge I run my London Reference in an FR66s mounted on a Brinkmann Balance.As presumably with any cartridge it benefitted from using good quality silver tonearm wires (in this case mounted in Arche headshell).According to John Wright (who makes and serv... | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth Nothing at all !all my other cartridges shake somewhere - the Decca nearly jumps out the groove at around 9hz on the lateral test , the Koetsus similar.I’ll run the test again but I didn’t notice anything first time ‘ maybe the resonance would be ... | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth Lewm,that’s a great point: I did read that the suspension is likely to have hardened considerably on the Shure given its age so perhaps it’s no longer a springy high compliance cartridge.If the suspension has hardened to the extent necessary to tr... | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth I’ve just bought an old Shure V15 111 with elliptical stylus; an impulse £150 buy off eBay based completely on an old Stereophile review. Obviously a total risk as it could have been totally knackered, but also because my arm is a Fidelity Researc... | |
| Arche headshell with London Reference cartridge - fantastic results Nothing like beating the system (no pun ) !! | |
| Arche headshell with London Reference cartridge - fantastic results Nandric - my Arche came with some sort of standard headshell wire already attached.I replaced these with Aggalos silver wires which seem to fit fine and are not at all stiff. | |
| Arche headshell with London Reference cartridge - fantastic results Sorry yes it was John Wright I spoke to - early onset dementia - and he said he used an FR 64 tonearm | |
| AFI FLAT Record Flatener Oh sorry to hear about your back - ouch !!! Hope you recovering well !look forward to thoughts on the demagnetiser. Real life is far more helpful than reviews - especially when you turn over the review in the magazine to find a huge advert for the... | |
| AFI FLAT Record Flatener Hi Norb,hope you sort it out with Francis ok.i totally agree with your view about improving the source - after all the whole process is about making the best of it - as a matter of logic if you have a better source (record) you maximise the benefi... | |
| AFI FLAT Record Flatener Hi Norbyou could try emailing Francis (francis@technologyfactory.com)- he is in Belgium and shipped mine to London having obtained units directly from Germany. I'd be surprised if he couldn't ship to you in the US too.I've been using the AFI Flat ... | |
| AFI FLAT Record Flatener Hi all,l've just taken delivery of an AFI flattener too and am quite amazed by it already.So far I've used it on 6 records. In all cases I used the "relax" setting, and also the "standard" setting (in addition to the relax setting) on 3 of them.Th... | |
| Stillpoints LP Isolator Record Weight I have a Brinkmann La Grange turntable that has its own screw-on clamp. I auditioned the Stillpoint weight and instantly heard a considerably tighter and deeper bass - so it was a no brainer- like night and day.Another benefit is not having to faf... | |
| Koetsu Jade v SPU classic v FR 7 fz cartidges Thanks Lewm,The connection between the Orsonic and the FR 66 arm seems very secure so I don't believe there is an issue there.Re SUT - that's just my ignorance showing through !! | |
| Koetsu Jade v SPU classic v FR 7 fz cartidges Hi Chakster,actually it's just the basic SPU ( " Ortofon Classic GM mik Ii ") which I believe has the spherical stylus (there is an " E" version of this cartridge, denoting elyptical, but I went for the spherical !)I don't use any SUT - just the g... |