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| Any experience with Sound Smith repairing stylus on non-Sound Smith cartridges? I would guess that SS does more retipping of other brands than it does on its own cartridges. You will be hard pressed to find a negative review of their work. In my case, I had them redo a Grace Ruby with sapphire cantilever and OCL stylus. (Orig... | |
| Could this be true, or am I getting the run around.? Definitely a Poltergeist in your house. So it’s your fault. | |
| What type of oil for a Platine Verdier Verdier used to supply a particular bearing lubricant. It's probably a good idea to stick with that. If Verdier no longer has a website, and if you are located in the USA, DeJaVu Audio in McLean, VA, may be able to help you out. | |
| External phono stage for Luxman 509x Sorry. Glad you're happy. | |
| External phono stage for Luxman 509x You haven’t even received the 509, let alone heard it’s phono section, and you’re already looking for an upgrade? Take a chill pill and listen to the 509 phono for a few months before collecting the opinions of strangers here. | |
| Flag Doohickey to Indicate Status of Tonearm Lever Put a small piece of red tape on the end of the cue lever. This will help you notice whether it’s up or down. After 20 or so years, you won’t need the red flag. | |
| Advice needed on MC cartridges Anyone who tells you that MC cartridges are categorically better than MM and MI cartridges is at least lacking in experience with a variety of cartridges. That’s the nicest way I can put it. Since I cannot agree to the inherent superiority of MC v... | |
| How good is the Micro Seiki DDX-1000 Direct Drive turntable ? Meantime, where is our friend Chakster? | |
| MM Phone Preamp for DL103 (Already have a stepup) You might take a look at the latest Analog Planet newsletter from Michael Fremer. There you can find a compilation of more than a half dozen reviews he has written in the last few years on what one could call "budget" phono stages. As he says, i... | |
| Foil damping tape as a tonearm tube wrap? However, Geoffkait is still out there in the ether, cryo-treated and presumably not resonating. | |
| Cartridge incompatibility, Soundsmith and Luxman I have no idea what you’re talking about. I never advocated a SUT to solve this particular problem. I really think you ought to reread whatever previous post of mine has got you confused, and maybe then you will understand better what I was trying... | |
| Cartridge incompatibility, Soundsmith and Luxman Dave, the Luxman website page on the 590ax2 ( not the 250 or 500) indeed gives very little useful information regarding the phono section, but the many photos of the many PCBs reveal no evidence of a SUT anywhere. Furthermore the unit seems built ... | |
| Cartridge incompatibility, Soundsmith and Luxman The fact that the sound seems rolled off in the treble to you suggested that the relatively high inductance of the cartridge, compared to that of a typical LOMC, is causing a loading issue, as Atma-sphere just showed us. This was mentioned in my p... | |
| Cartridge incompatibility, Soundsmith and Luxman I looked at the specs for both the Zephyr Star and the Luxman 590. There is no obvious reason why this pairing cannot be made to work well. First, I don’t understand quite why SoundSmith recommends a 470 ohm load for this cartridge. It’s internal ... | |
| Would you pay more than 25% of MSRP for a used cartridge? Here’s where everyone trots out his or her individual experiences buying used cartridges. As to the issue of cost, I forgot to point out that many cartridges that are out of production are now valued much higher than their original MSRP. For those... |