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| Why does my Shelter 501 have screw threads not bolt channels? Consider yourself lucky. I'd rather have the threaded holes, any time.But to your point: I just bought a Shelter 501 Mk2 MONO cartridge in Japan, at a store that had many versions of the 501 (both mono and stereo) on display. I was at first dub... | |
| Anyone familiar with Ikeda 9 series (cantileverless kind) MC cartridges? During my recent visit to Tokyo, I saw at least seven or eight different Ikeda cartridges for sale as new at Yodibashi camera, the massive supermarket for electronics in the Akihabara section of Tokyo. I had heard of none of these cartridges befor... | |
| Using Maple Butcher Block Under a Turntable Pour some maple syrup on your turntable. Then you’ve really got something. But seriously, audiophiles will argue over anything. Some will say that one kind of hardwood sounds better than another. And I have read pro and con arguments around the u... | |
| Phono stage inquiry It’s impossible to say whether what you are hearing is “normal” or indicates there is a correctable problem in your phono stage. This is because we don’t have adequate information regarding the gain structure of your system, your cartridge, your a... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms I don't know whether you use a specific mounting template for every different tonearm with the SMARTractor, as one does with the UNItractor, but if so, you would obviously want to buy the FR64S template from Acoustic Systems and, yes, know the dia... | |
| Technics Sp10 Mk2 vs SL-1200G - I finally did an A/B Geoff, You wrote, "I tend to discount oddball results like yours since no single test should be used to draw general conclusions."This is such a puffball one-liner that I almost don't have the heart to start on it. First, "no single test should b... | |
| Using Maple Butcher Block Under a Turntable Mabel Mercer, maybe. She could hold up a turntable. | |
| Technics Sp10 Mk2 vs SL-1200G - I finally did an A/B Geoff, the point is that we could hear a difference. And the difference was decidedly in favor of the cheap fuse. I don’t know why we should’ve heard any difference. I tend to discount the whole experience, except for the fact that four other peop... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms I aligned my FR 64S using the UNItractor, made by Dertonearm. In so doing I used the recommended pivot to spindle distance of 231.5 MM. (Not the factory recommended distance of 230 mm.) Then I used the supplied template that came with the Unitrac... | |
| SL1200G GAE Arm Board I would think you can take the armboard off for a quickie measurement and get it back on in less than an hour of work. Unless you are compelled to listen to LPs 24/7, that should be an acceptable amount of down time. (I am sitting here wishing I ... | |
| Will fine tune adjustments with protractor help with "brightness?" ericsch, If you've got both the Mint protractor and the alignment gauge supplied by Technics, perhaps you can determine whether they both result in identical mm of stylus overhang. That might settle the issue regarding what alignment algorithm is... | |
| Static electricity pulled the rubber mat right off the Turntable! Aluminum is quite commonly used either alone or in concert with other metals to build turntable platters. I would guess that the majority of platters have some aluminum in them. Therefore, I am trying to figure out why some of you guys believe t... | |
| Any new turntable brands we should pay attention to ? Almost none of these products, save the Technics and the Dohmann, bring anything new to the table except affordable pricing. Most of those that are affordably priced are concocted of MDF, perhaps with aluminum in the platter driven by a cheap mot... | |
| SL1200G GAE Arm Board If you are in the USA, then I can supply the name and contact information for a very skilled machinist with audiophile sympathies; he can make you anything you want out of metal. But maybe I am misunderstanding your question, which seems to be ab... | |
| Any new turntable brands we should pay attention to ? I guess it's too expensive to merit inclusion on this list, but my neighbor recently acquired a Dohmann Helix I turntable. Seems quite nice. Dohmann was a designer of the Continuum products, including the Caliburn, and you can see the family res... |