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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? thank you everyone ( @nandric @chakster @rauliruegas @timeltel ) your cumulative knowledge is amazing. In my 6months of watching yahoo auctions I don't think I've yet to see a Signet appear (re-imported back into Japan). I guess the best pla... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Halcro. how is the signet TK-7Lca different from the audio technica of the same generation? Is the body the same as an AT120ea/AT150ea for example? There is not a lot of information about them over on vinylengine. But I could determine that t... | |
| Jico SAS vs Neo-SAS(S) vs Neo-SAS(R) I just want to comment that before we get too convinced about this "boron shortage", the comment from jcarr I referenced above was explicitly that Namiki (probable primary supplier for Jico) has run out of their stock of tubular boron cantilevers.... | |
| Jico SAS vs Neo-SAS(S) vs Neo-SAS(R) dear nandric,I wasn’t doubting your comment about jonathan carr saying he does not like to use sapphire cantilevers. I was just more curious what he found out in his experiments/experience that helped him form that opinion. | |
| Jico SAS vs Neo-SAS(S) vs Neo-SAS(R) @rauliruegas @lewm sorry I should have been more clear. I understand that sapphire and ruby are the same material (outside of some trace elements of chromium to give the red color). Jico uses sapphire and ruby to differentiate between a tapered... | |
| Jico SAS vs Neo-SAS(S) vs Neo-SAS(R) Dear Nandric, apologizes for not catching your meaning.At least my search probably explains why Jico had to switch from boron/SAS to sapphire/SAS. It might be the simple case that they get their cantilever/stylus from Namiki, Namiki has run out of... | |
| Jico SAS vs Neo-SAS(S) vs Neo-SAS(R) @nandric I did a search of jcarr and sapphire and could not find the comments you are referring to. I just found his mentioning of Namiki running out of boron cantilevers so they could no longer supply their stylus mounted on boron to manufactur... | |
| Jico SAS vs Neo-SAS(S) vs Neo-SAS(R) Hi HalcroThank you for this report. I was wondering about the Sapphire vs Ruby and how it compared to the original boron. Really glad to hear from your report that the neo-SAS is just as good as the original boron-SAS. I guess the ruby might give ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? @lewm, @chakster I understand and I am just comparing to what I have ownership experience with which is much less than others here (denon DL110, DL301ii, AT15Sa and a Grado black from my postgraduate study days). But I lived with various DL110 for... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? My Jico neo-sas (sapphire) cartridge for my victor Z1Eb arrived tonight. Only have about 4hours in now but I am loving it. It wasn’t as difficult to setup as my AT15Sa (but it did need some azimuth adjustment, luckily my MA505 can do that). SRA/VT... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I would also believe that with 35+ year old cartridges, and the fact that the Victor/JVC Z1 and X1 were consumer products, I would assume that normal production variability and variable aging would more likely explain why some Victor/JVC X2/X1II m... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? chakster, hymanroath,are both of you referring to your experience with the Jico DT-X1E/II eliptical (orange) or Jico DT-X1/II shibata (clear)? I would get the shibata if I plan to try an X1mkII body.https://shop.jico.co.jp/products/detail.php?code... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi everyoneThere were three different X1II, but the one I liked went fast (buy now 20,000¥ about $200) and it had headshell and probably an original berillium shibata stylus.One is 22,800¥ with headshell and newish jico X1eII stylus. Last one is 9... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? My audio Technica AT15Sa arrived last night and it looks in great shape. I inspected the stylus as best as I could with a 40x loope and it's definitely a shibata shape but might be showing some shiny areas which could indicate it's heavily worn. I... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Halcro, thanks for the reply.On a side note, I wanted to thank you for all your posts on the Victor TT81/TT101. That convinced me to buy a victor QL-Y5 and modify it with my micro-seiki MA-505 arm (absolutely loving this table, check out my sys... |