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| What Are The Differences Between The Vandenhul Cartridge Families I owned a Colibri and had no problems with it. But I do agree that each unit is unique, like a custom built automobile that was built to someone else’s preferences or that you buy second hand. Nevertheless, they are "special". I think vdH does not... | |
| The "Very Best Record Cleaning Formulation" cleeds, Have you really experimented with mixtures such as the one recommended by Wizzzard, for your Nitty Gritty, and compared such a mixture with plain water? If you find no difference between the two, using the NG, then I am surprised. And can... | |
| Matching the cartridge to the phono stage The SL is an outlier because of its high internal impedance relative to other LOMC cartridges. Plain and simple. The rule of thumb in matching audio components is you want the input impedance of the driven or downstream device to be at least 10 ti... | |
| A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum And if it’s a cold solder on a teeny tiny joint, how do you plan to diagnose and repair that? I agree with others who advise sending it to an expert, Leung or other. | |
| The "Very Best Record Cleaning Formulation" cleeds, You are apparently using an Ultra Sonic RCM. That’s a completely different approach from using a conventional RCM that relies upon "scrubbing" using a solution that can solubilize typical contaminants and which makes the water wetter to fa... | |
| Matching the cartridge to the phono stage It’s the tonearm, not the TT, that determines VTA adjustment. Nearly all tonearms apparently other than Rega tonearms, permit VTA adjustment one way or another without resorting to shims. Preferably you might want to seek a tonearm that affords ea... | |
| The "Very Best Record Cleaning Formulation" Contrary to what you say above, Mijo, most realistic audiophiles, myself included, do agree with the notion that high quality digital copies of LP content is or can be as good as the source LP and that hi-rez downloads on average compete or are su... | |
| The "Very Best Record Cleaning Formulation" Wow! | |
| The "Very Best Record Cleaning Formulation" Wizzzard, you are a bit quick on the trigger. You seemed to be saying that someone must have complained about one of your previous posts, thereby causing it to be deleted. I was only saying there are anonymous persons who monitor all these threads... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul and colleague Jose are back in limited production of a redesigned phonolinepreamp, the 3180. Right now Raul may have the only unit, because they may still be finalizing the design. If it’s better than my 3160, then it must be fantastic, becau... | |
| The "Very Best Record Cleaning Formulation" Wizzzard, the sad fact that your post was deleted does not necessarily indicate there was a complaint from someone monitoring this thread. It seems there is an independent authority endowed by Audiogon with the power of censorship. | |
| The "Very Best Record Cleaning Formulation" Mijostyn, You wrote, "The Degritter pulses a sweep of 120 to 125 Hz @ 300 watts." I am guessing that was a typo and you really meant 120 to 125 kHz. But that is a high frequency for a US RCM, is it not? (I am no expert, either.) | |
| Did I do a good thing or not? Give it a week or at least several hours of listening before you make a judgement. All new audio gear is a rose at first and then after long hours of listening, sometimes the bloom is lost. | |
| Did I do a good thing or not? If you prefer the Shure to the Acutex, I’d be surprised. But I’m interested to know. | |
| Ortofon Kontrapunkt C vs. Cadenza Bronze Yes, but can Leung really source an FG80 stylus? Some of those Ortofon shapes are proprietary. If he can’t, you might try Expert Stylus in the UK. |