johnnantais
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| Lack of vinyl bass and midrange Ditto Dave's experience: I treated my Kiseki Blue to soem Stylast some 4 years ago when it had the same problem (had been tucked away for a few years) and it's still going strong! The flip side is: Van den Hul anyway refuses to work on cartridges ... | |
| Lack of vinyl bass and midrange I think the Stylast will work, dribble only a very small drop into the inner workings, let it sit for a few minutes, then re-mount it and let it play a few records. Both Van den hul and Benz offer rebuilding services, as does Len the Cartridge Man... | |
| Lack of vinyl bass and midrange Ditto the suspension. You could try dribbling a drop of Stylast in the inner workings of the cartridge to loosen the suspension, it's worked for me before with no problems. Or try a drop of other rubber revitalizer which others have used successfu... | |
| nice turntable that plays 78s Hi Lousyreeds, great to see someone getting enthusiastic! Albert is very definitely the greatest expert on setting up that particular plinth, but if you need any help in setting it up with a tonearm & etc. then don't hesitate to contact me. I'... | |
| nice turntable that plays 78s Thanks for suggesting that too, Albert! Hi Lousyreeds1, let me put it this way, no one up here who has actually heard one hasn't gone out to buy one, the most recent convert being the erstwhile owner of a Sota Star Sapphire with vacuum hold-down e... | |
| What is the life of a Grado Wood cartridge? I do believe the question of longevity of the Grados, like the ADCs and Sonuses, is more a question of suspension life than stylus life (all reports of dead Grados I've heard so far are dead suspensions): the heavier the tonearm, the lesser its li... | |
| Best modern tonearm for AR ES-1 I've mounted the Rega RB300 to a modded AR-XA with excellent results (actually displaced by Audiomeca for a while), no reason this won't work on yor own AR. Regas really shine with MCs. | |
| It's funny how records are still best. But think of all those people who foolishly sold all their vinyl (thanks folks, I'm enjoying them a bunch at a buck a pop) to replace it with expensive CDs! OUCH!Another funny thing, the industry did not develop CDs out of a humanitarian desire to... | |
| Building high-end 'tables at Home Depot: Photos Here's a link to the template you should refer to only loosely!: http://members.lycos.co.uk/willbewill/GL75/ | |
| Building high-end 'tables at Home Depot: Photos Yikes, this thread keeps coming back from the dead! The original Home Despot thread is where it's at, man. No there is no "official" template, since there are so many ways to go about it. You can get an idea by clicking on my "system", and willbew... | |
| ZYX RS20 vs Denon DL103 Keep at it Koalaray, "richness" defines the Denon, along with slam and PRaT: it places musicality at the top of its list of priorities by a country mile, worth getting right. Good luck. | |
| Visit the Wonderful World of Analog Raul Style Jeez, and I thought I had too many tonearms and cartridges and record players. When does he have time to listen to them all? Now to start a 3-arm Lenco...or 3. Some very fine vintage legends in there, gotta respect that. What's your take on the St... | |
| Can almost anyone learn to set up a Cartridge? The only things you need are a decent cartridge alignment protractor (several phono retailer websites sell them, as a general rule of thumb the cheaper they are the less easy/accurate), some mounting bolts/hardware, and a Shure Stylus Force Gauge,... | |
| Damping fluid/grease for Mayware Unipivot? Hi Adrian, boy this is really drifting off-topic. Of course adding more damping when mounted on a Lenco does not compromise the sound quality, no more than adding more damping because another cartridge - such as the super slamming Decca cartrdiges... | |
| Damping fluid/grease for Mayware Unipivot? HI Andy, as Styefan points out there is the arm/cartrdige resonance point which varies according to the cartrdige used. Generally speaking, the lower the compliance of a given cartrdige the more damping you will need. By dynamics in record players... |