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| AIR TIGHT PC-7 with Shindo preamp. Try it, since you already own the SUT. By the way, I would say that 7 ohms is fairly low internal resistance, compared to many other MCs and to all other higher output cartridges. The other question is what is the output of the PC7, compared to ... | |
| Cartridge Upgrade ...AT ART-9? Are B&O p-mounts compatible with the SL15 tonearm? If so, then SS would be a source as well. | |
| Cartridge new or used ? I've got a lab grade microscope in my workshop, and I use it to look at styli from time to time, just for entertainment value. The conclusion I draw from looking at new cartridges, cartridges I bought new and which have been used only for a few h... | |
| Best turntable and arm under 10k? Without bringing up turntables you didn't mention, I'd go for the Kuzma Ref, among the ones you named. | |
| What do you mean you “heard” the turntable I agree with the general sentiment that most people are flippant in their rush to judgement of turntables, but not only turntables. Most statements of audio preference would not stand up to even pseudo-"scientific" scrutiny. I try to grin and bear... | |
| SPL Phonos Phono Preamp Audiofun, you had me interested until you started talking about fuses. Have beeswax fuses passed UL testing? | |
| Fidelity Research 64s vs Jelco SA-750e You’ve got a nice system of high quality, so I suspect you would hear and appreciate the difference between the two tonearms. Not that there is anything wrong with the Jelco. The Koetsu would also benefit from any added effective mass, since I sus... | |
| SME Armboard for Triplanar If you cannot remove the SME mounting board, which presumably is cut to accommodate an SME tonearm, then you might be able to mount a TP directly onto that surface, if you can line it up so the holes needed to fasten the TP to the surface of the m... | |
| Manley Chinook Owners - Loading for a Soundsmith Zephyr MIMC Star - Need Help Please Also, the manufacturer of the cartridge is “suggesting”. | |
| Help- Review on Phono Stage At that price point, I’d go solid state: iPhono2. | |
| Kuzma/Koetsu feedbak?? Not qualified to comment on clearaudio tts, except to say that I’m a direct- or idler-Drive guy. | |
| Kuzma/Koetsu feedbak?? You can check the archives of this forum and on Vinyl Engine and Vinyl Asylum. If you search on "Koetsu", I do not think you will find evidence to support the contention of the person with whom you spoke. Yes, some people love Koetsu and some do... | |
| Mounting a cartridge What sort of protractor did you acquire from Amazon? Does it have a brand name? (Amazon will sell anything to anyone.) These days, you can purchase a very accurate digital stylus force gauge (SFG) for a few bucks more than the cost of the Shure... | |
| Cartridge new or used ? Disgusting. | |
| No right channel in new cartridge For whatever it's worth at this point in time, there is an older thread here on the subject of defective Sumiko Blackbird cartridges. Apparently, the coil wires are known to short out one channel, probably on rare occasion. |