jloveys
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| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Dear friends,I have been bitten by the bug... besides my father's TD 124 MK II , I just bought 3 Lenco's: L 75, L 78, L 78 SE and 2 Garrard 301 grease and oil bearing, the path I will go is a 5 cm thick slate plinth coupled with 3 Symposium Roller... | |
| What Happened to Smart Devices, Inc.? On the Garrard 301 platter upgrade thread Jonathan Weiss sayd that Oswaldsmills Audio is the new US representative for Garrard/Loricraft.This might help... | |
| What cartridges under $800 outperform DL-103R? Nagaoka MP 50 MM cartridge is <500$ a giant killer cartridge. I can compare it to my Allaerts Finish and MC1 MK2 MC carts. | |
| Vpi aries with Jmw-10 looking to upgrade cartridg The SDS is a long term worthwile investment because it alows your platter to spin on right speed controlled by voltage frequency, if you want to later upgrade to rim drive it will be very important. You can buy SDS + a very good cheap MM cartridge... | |
| Why does "Monk's Music" vinyl sound strange? Dear Grimace: I listen right now to the original mono version of this record and it is very well recorded. All instruments are well defined and there is a sence of space between them quite astonishing for a mono recording. The bass is very good an... | |
| Best Phono Stage within 2000 $ Thomasheisig: Klyne only 66 dB gain, VLOMC cartridges excluded. | |
| I have gone insane, need help The TD 124 is an absolute classic if in good shape. If serial number>25000 you can replace parts by yourself , otherwise send it to Shopper and you will have one of the nicest sounding turntable existing. | |
| Reason for buying old/classic turntables T bone : I play and compare right now in front of me my TD 124 MK2 on original plinth with original SME 3009/ShureM95ED nothing modified since 1966 when my father bought it AND my VPI TNT highly upgraded/modified to extreme limit with Graham Phant... | |
| Allaerts down-repair or ?? Dear Tpsonic: I did send the cartridge directly to Jan, but I live in Belgium and curiously we have no Allaerts dealers here. So I recommend that you send him an e-mail to ask him what is the best way to do that. Jan is a very helpful person, he w... | |
| Allaerts down-repair or ?? This is a company with only two hands so be a little human... | |
| Happy Chanukah and Merry Christmas It's X-stmas and you know what? We spin LP's all night long...My very best wishes to all and a big thank to you for this year great contribution on Audiogon. Next year will be even better !!! | |
| Allaerts down-repair or ?? I gave my Allaert Finish for complete rebuild ( cantilever, magnet,case) in june and received it back in october, like new. May I suggest upgrade to MKII, a very wonderful cartridge. | |
| Antiskating .... The last analog secret Nice to have you back with your wise advises Nsgarch ! | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul: those are really hard to find. I you have any source to recommend ? | |
| What's the Best LP You Bought in 2008 I second the Us Three/ Horace Parlan / MM 45 : wonderful, also is your system, Gerrym5 !!! |