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| Acquired A Dynavector DV505 Now I Got To Put It On Something I own a DV505 and like it very much w medium and some high compliance cartridges, using a lightweight headshell. I would not think it is the best match for a low compliance cartridge like the Ikeda. Although it does have high effective mass in the... | |
| Raven vs. Verdier La Platine This was 12 years ago. One hopes the OP survived the pandemic and made his decision long ago before that. But I would point out to any remaining audience for this thread that there is in fact a good rationale for two belts versus one belt. (I agre... | |
| 30 foot long Balanced Cables to Balanced/RCA Adapters into Amp's Stereo RCA inputs? From reading your OP, I get the impression you intend to use XLR to RCA adapters at the RCA inputs to your 2-channel single-ended amplifier. That will "work", but as vinylzone said, you won't get all the benefits of balanced lines. Use good qual... | |
| Tonearms that work well with better Koetsu stone body cartridges Not gonna buy the SAT until I first acquire a Porsche Carrera GT for my garage. | |
| Is a Ortofon Black a step down from a Pickering XSV 3000 Dear Chakster, Evidently you really do not understand the connotations of the word "fake" as we use it here. Or else it means something slightly different in Russian. LP Gear sell a stylus assembly as a replacement for the original Stereohedron ... | |
| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again I own a BDP83SE (from the estate of a friend), an Oppo BDP105, a Sony 2400ES, and an Ayre C5Xe-mp. These are all at least "good" CDPs, but I like the Ayre and the BDP105 best, with an edge to the Ayre. The BDP105 and the 205 are possibly the bes... | |
| How good is the Micro Seiki DDX-1000 Direct Drive turntable ? I know very well what it is, thanks.I guess you know there is one on USA eBay right now for $23,000, coming from one of the known Japanese sellers, or perhaps he’s in Hong Kong. | |
| How good is the Micro Seiki DDX-1000 Direct Drive turntable ? Chak, THAT in the photo looks pristine but it's a Denon, not an EMT. If being sold by a reputable dealer in Japan, I would not be concerned about packing and shipping. Those guys know what they are doing when it comes to packing a turntable and ... | |
| Tonearms that work well with better Koetsu stone body cartridges Wish I could remember but Triplanar v7 sounds right. Cardas internal wiring straight from cartridge to phono inputs.IKEDA 407 is a descendant of FR64S from the same designer, so probably should work well w Koetsu. Just a guess.MC, where did I or a... | |
| Is a Ortofon Black a step down from a Pickering XSV 3000 Dear Chakster, I think you are getting a bit hysterical for nothing. What I am quibbling with is your use of the word “fake”. LP gear do not say that they are selling original Pickering or Stanton stylus assemblies. They admit they are selling sub... | |
| How good is the Micro Seiki DDX-1000 Direct Drive turntable ? In my direct experience, the denon Dp80 was superior to the SP 10 Mark 2, as well. I’ve mentioned this several times in the past on this forum, so it must be getting pretty boring right now. And it’s only my opinion. It also goes without saying th... | |
| Tonearms that work well with better Koetsu stone body cartridges Don’t know about the stone bodied models, but the FR64S with Ortofon LH9000 headshell (18g) gets more out of my Urushi than any other tonearm ever, to include Triplanar, Reed, and the Kenwood L07J tonearm on my L07D turntable. | |
| Is a Ortofon Black a step down from a Pickering XSV 3000 I say again, the LP Gear replacement styli are not “fake”. They are simply a slightly different but related shape (Shibata), compared to the correct original StereoHedron type. LP Gear discloses this fact in their ad copy. There is no attempt to d... | |
| VTA-Nervosa a Curse or a Blessing? sbank, Do you actually mean to say that you used to re-adjust VTA for every different LP? It’s a wonder you haven’t become alienated from vinyl altogether. Else you are very zen. One and done is good enough for me, unless I hear an obvious issue w... | |
| Is a Ortofon Black a step down from a Pickering XSV 3000 Raul, I yield to your superior knowledge on this subject, but with all due respect, your post does not contradict mine, unless you are saying that the Stereohedron does not have an extended treble response. I refer you to this article from the So... |