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| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Beautiful workmanship, Totem. Congratulations on your artistic taste and craftsmanship. | |
| MC cartridge loading: still baffled Mijo forgot to mention that your empirical finding that you need much less AS force, in terms of grams, than VTF is absolutely to be expected. The notion that if VTF = 1.5, then AS = 1.5 is antiquated. Setting AS = VTF will nearly always result ... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? In my research, I never came across a communication from Victor wherein they suggest that the bearing "never" would need service. This is in contrast to the Denon DP80, where Denon do warn customers to leave the bearing alone. (But I daresay they ... | |
| Herron VTPH-2A or Manley Chinook mk II phonostage What “consensus”? How many Herron fans have also heard the Chinook in their home systems? Not many, I’d guess.In my opinion, these are two very fine phono stages, and you would have to audition them both and make your own choice. There is no clear... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? In my opinion the armboard on the factory Plinth is a weak link. It’s made of MDF; I never heard an MDF part that didn’t seem to add coloration. I replaced mine with solid aluminum, custom made. Furthermore I reinforced the arm board from below b... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Platter continuing to rotate after you press the stop button is associated with calibration. A well calibrated turntable should stop pretty much dead when you press the stop button. But my TT101, which was calibrated by JP and works wonderfully, ... | |
| Any Sota Sapphire experts out there? tomic, If you can afford it, and if you want to afford it, I cannot recommend more strongly that you consider the Eclipse motor and motor controller system. The electronics are a revival of the Phoenix Engineering Eagle and Roadrunner. Together,... | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth But 99.9% of "suspended" turntables are fatally flawed in their design, on one way or another. This is my opinion based on listening and looking. The ideas are good; the execution is questionable. Now, if you're talking about Minus K or Herzan pl... | |
| Japan Trip - Looking For Shopping MC Cartridge Recommendations I remembered why my son could not fabricate and say his address is same as ours in the US: They check the date of your entry visa into Japan. His is 10-12 years old. | |
| Possible to find a decent mono cartridge under $250? Hope you like it. You coulda had this AT Mono:https://www.ebay.com/itm/audio-technica-AT-MONO3-LP-Hi-Output-Moving-Coil-cartridge-for-Mono-LPs-45s...There is another model slightly up the scale at $299, also available on eBay. | |
| New Vinyl Whaaaaaaat? $350....!!!!If he's "crafting reissues", even if one assumes he is given access to the master tape archives of the major recording companies, such as those still exist, the product cannot be any better than the source tape. The source... | |
| Japan Trip - Looking For Shopping MC Cartridge Recommendations See my earlier post. I think I estimated last year, based on the list price at Yodibashi, that I could walk out with a 10R for $6700. But this is based on my memory; it might have been a little less. And it assumes paying with a Credit Card, whic... | |
| Japan Trip - Looking For Shopping MC Cartridge Recommendations chakster, the VAT is deducted at the sales desk when you check out at Yodibashi. You do not have to pay the tax and then rely upon getting a refund at customs. You never pay the tax in the first place. That is perfectly legal and lawful if you ha... | |
| Possible to find a decent mono cartridge under $250? Check for Audio Technica mono. Available new on eBay and elsewhere. | |
| Japan Trip - Looking For Shopping MC Cartridge Recommendations One further thought. Since the introduction of the new Technics turntables there has been some rollback of list prices. Or for sure some US based dealers are now willing to give modest discounts. For that reason the margin of savings that one can ... |