johnnyb53
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| Swapping the MMF 5 for an SL-1210M5G 06-16-08: TvadKAB Technics product page mentions the only difference in the MG5 is better wiring in the tonearm and interconnects. I don't believe the tonearms themselves are any different.They are a little different, but not in a meaningful audio... | |
| Technics SL1200MK2 Cartridge Discussion If you go to the LPgear listing for the AT150MLX here, there is a link to a pdf excerpt of a Sensible Sound review, I have the complete issue of that magazine, where the reviewer compares the AT440MLa, AT150MLX, KAB-Concorde ProS 40, and another h... | |
| Technics SL1200MK2 Cartridge Discussion The Denon DL-160 mounted on a Sumiko or LpGear Zupreme headshell is very musical, fast, linear, and balanced.What Tvad said is true, though. Mounting most any cartridge on a removeable headshell is pretty equal from cartridge to cartridge, but if ... | |
| Swapping the MMF 5 for an SL-1210M5G 06-16-08: Tvad...I'd recommend putting the money toward isolation for the table.True dat. I've gotten some of my most significant improvements in clarity, jump, inner detail, and dynamics from isolation. In my case, I have $20 in PartsExpress/Dayt... | |
| Thoughts on a $300-400 cartridge Thanks for some great recommendations. Although I was originally looking for a LOMC, Jaybo's recommendation combined with various reviews and comments convinced me to try an Audio Technica AT150MLX MM. I considered Zenblaster's recommendation of a... | |
| Swapping the MMF 5 for an SL-1210M5G I guess I caught 'em during a sale. I think the salesman offered $550 and I counter-offered $500. He had to interrupt a mgrs' sales mtg for approval (or so he said), but I got it. At that price it was a no-brainer to get essentially a free tonearm... | |
| Cartridge: Audio Technica AT155LC v Goldring G1012 It's funny you should mention this. I just posted asking for advice in the $300 range, originally thinking about an AT-0C9 II or Denon DL-301 mk2. One respondant put in for the AT-150MLX (the closest modern iteration available in the US to what yo... | |
| Swapping the MMF 5 for an SL-1210M5G Johnny: I didn't have any intentions of modding it if I ever pick one up, But what differences have you noticed after the mods? (I mean, they essentially double the price of the whole turn table.)Nope, I didn't double the cost of my turntable. I h... | |
| More evidence that LPS are still alive After 3 days of equivocating, I decided to take one more look at the R.E.M. LP at my local Fred Meyer, and guess what?It's a 45-rpm release mastered on TWO 180g LPs! That was the clincher. Even though I'm not a huge R.E.M. fan, I wanted to celebra... | |
| 33 1/2 compared to 45 rpm ???? 05-31-08: RcccI guess I got lucky, I got the whole AP fantasy 45 series and all the MM bluenotes so far and all have been fine. Every time I plop one on I smile because Im getting the best out of the system I sweated to buy and build.And I just go... | |
| Swapping the MMF 5 for an SL-1210M5G I have had my SL1210 M5G for almost 1-1/2 years now. I've added the fluid damper, a more inert mat, and brass cone footers. I'm looking into some more upscale cartridges and headshells, but I have no urge or intention to swap out the turntable or ... | |
| Table/Cartridge price ratio Then there's the further complication that how good your cartridge sounds also depends on how good the phono stage is. I just upgraded my phono stage from the one built into a 1980s Amber to a modestly priced outboard Cambridge Audio 640p, and I n... | |
| VINYL - 2,200 LP's to CD or Hard Drive - HELP 06-12-08: DfhaleyckoI make this out to be about 5 months of work, 12 hours per day, to do the transcription, tagging, and record manipulation;Figure 45 minutes x 2,200 = 99,000 minutes = 1650 hours = 137.5 12/hour days, with no days off or weekend... | |
| VINYL - 2,200 LP's to CD or Hard Drive - HELP 06-12-08: Arnold_layneUSB turntables are not built for sound quality but for ease of use. I doubt one would last thru 2200 LP's being transfered to a HDD.The Project Debut and AT-PL120 were built for sound quality. The USB section is an add-on. Bo... | |
| Your vinyl guilty pleasure??? Best of Al HirtPops Goes the Trumpet (Al Hirt, Fiedler, & the Boston Pops)Eddie Arnold, Cattle Call |