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| Cartridge question I think made by Ortofon. Google it. | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? I think I’ve already said this: CDs and DVDs inevitably bore me. You could say it’s because my Ayre C5Xe-mp CDP isn’t good enough. Top quality LPs kill it. Hi-rez streaming is another matter. That’s where modern digital can shine. But I won’t give... | |
| Ortofon MC Cartridge Problems ?? Provided the cartridge was not mounted in some very bizarre orientation, like sideways or dialing in a crushing amount of VTF, I cannot imagine any cartridge/tonearm incompatibility that could do this, and I do regard Ortofon cartridges as very we... | |
| Early SOTA vs New Something: Conundrum Mijostyn, I apologize for the vitriol, but you really should not be commenting on areas of the hobby with which you are not familiar, and here you’ve done it again. Different companies have taken very different approaches to DD turntable design wi... | |
| Dr. Feickert Turntable Antiskate is an option? Or what? Seems your setup team should have noticed a priori. Some eschew antiskate and say they’re getting great results, but it’s undeniable that there IS a skating force generated by any conventional pivoted tonearm, and ... | |
| Ortofon MC Cartridge Problems ?? It is normal for the cartridge to track toward the label in the dead space between the last cut on the LP and the label, even when antiskate is properly set. But the stylus tip should not actually make contact with the paper label. I’m imagining t... | |
| Parts for Dynavector 501 Tonearm Mike Pranka is the name I could not conjure, the Dynavector distributor in the US. You're in good hands. I thought Colby was back up and running. Sorry. | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners I normally don’t contribute to this thread, because I do not own and have never owned an ET2 or 2.5. However, I concede that it is probably a great tonearm. But when you speak of Newton, keep in mind that the net force exerted by a small weight at... | |
| Field coil dava cartridge I wouldn't take WBF too seriously, except to say that some of those guys actually do own the megabuck gear that they discuss, which does count for something. But beware of subconscious bias, which is inevitable and only human. | |
| Parts for Dynavector 501 Tonearm That’s not Colby’s business. I did provide his email, which I somewhat regret because I feel I’ve violated his privacy. It was too late to delete once I realized my indiscretion. Within the last 8-10 years I’ve bought parts for DV505 and 501 from... | |
| One stereo or two (stereo and mono) cartridges? I beg to differ with "spatialking", where he states "Also note that many mono recordings are not RIAA compensated, so spending a lot of money for a mono cartridge could be somewhat of a waste." The statement has merit if you are talking about 78 r... | |
| Field coil dava cartridge You might want to read the discussion of the DaVa cartridge on the thread titled “worlds best cartridge”. Mike Levign (sp?) who comments on that cartridge is the one guy who certainly has heard it and continues to hear it in his home system. He lo... | |
| Parts for Dynavector 501 Tonearm The US distributor for DV is excellent in this regard, and he won’t soak you for cost. I apologize for not being able to source his name and location at this moment. I will search around my various drawers of turntable related junk and accessories... | |
| Has Jasmine come out with a new phono stage? For best sound per dollar and assuming a metallized film type capacitor (vs a film and foil type, which generally costs more), I have found that Auricaps are excellent and Dynamicaps perhaps even better. Metallized film types are generally small... | |
| Early SOTA vs New Something: Conundrum Reed is built like a Triplanar. A 9-inch Reed won’t easily fit my Technics SP10 Mk3, but the 10.5-inch version of the Reed works easily. Likewise Triplanar is now available in12-inch length, which would be no problem. You might be able to source a... |