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| I'd like to hear recommendations for Turntables under $5,000 I don't think one should put the DD candidates in the same basket with the BD candidates, but I do think one can buy a superb turntable for under $5000, if one is willing to buy a used or refurbished unit. Or any one of the current production tur... | |
| SME V Tonearm on eBay Hong Kong Sellers are FAKE!!! I Googled "Ikeda IT-VTA06", and lo and behold....https://www.ebay.com/itm/IKEDA-TONEARM-HEIGHT-ADJUSTABLE-ARM-ELEVATION-SYSTEM-IT-VTA-06/123028219595...A mere $2300!!! On eBay of course. I'll be content with my $500 "copy". | |
| SME V Tonearm on eBay Hong Kong Sellers are FAKE!!! Dear Jonathan,Thanks very much for that URL. I was totally unaware of that product. My first reaction is to note how exactly the Ikeda "B60" resembles my own reproduction of the FR B60. It's deja vu all over again.I cannot decipher the Japanese... | |
| SME V Tonearm on eBay Hong Kong Sellers are FAKE!!! There is a huge ethical difference between making a replica of a tonearm that is still available from the manufacturer/inventor and then selling it under the pretense that it is a bona fide original and the making and marketing of a reproduction o... | |
| Kickstarter for all analog "No Filter" Signed up for an LP. | |
| Any Members Tried the Audio Interface CST-80 SUT? I've always wondered why manufacturers of SUTs use a resistance/impedance measurement (ohms) as a way of communicating the specifications of their products. (Not all of them do it, but too many do.) It's not very informative for the un-initiated. | |
| SAT 30K+$$ TONEARM: W O R T H T O H A V E I T ? cleeds, I agree with your citation of "underslung" or "underhung" tonearms as an example of why tracking angle error may not be such a big deal in determining the "distortion" produced during vinyl reproduction. Because you're quite right, such t... | |
| Who Is An Expert On Acutex Cartridges? The 320 in all its variations was/is an induced magnet type. If memory serves me, the 400 series (including the 420) were conventional MMs. Probably different from the 300 series in sonic character. | |
| SAT 30K+$$ TONEARM: W O R T H T O H A V E I T ? Raul, If you will take a look on Vinyl Asylum, you will see that one of the inmates there plotted out the tracking distortion as a function of distance from the spindle. You are correct that the inner groove distortion is very high, but the payof... | |
| review iPhono 2 Mantis-Tobaggan,Congratulations are in order as you seem to have been successful in taking your audio system to heaven with you. I hope to try that some day myself. I have two systems, and I'd like to bring them both.You speak of the need to gro... | |
| Who Is An Expert On Acutex Cartridges? I don't know why Audiogon dredged up this thread to put it on top, since the last post was in October, 2008, but, under Raul's influence, I purchased both an Acutex LPM320STRIII and the snub-nosed predecessor, the 320STRIII. Whoever said these we... | |
| What is the preferred cartrige mm or mc and why 2channel8, In this day and age, there is almost no such thing as a non-replaceable stylus. Such companies as SoundSmith, Expert Stylus, at least two others in the US and one other in Europe, can replace styli on any type cartridge you care to nam... | |
| SAT 30K+$$ TONEARM: W O R T H T O H A V E I T ? I wrote above, "In my opinion the SAT is probably not the tonearm that is way overpriced." I pecked that out on my cell phone; what I meant to say is, "In my opinion the SAT is probably not the ONLY tonearm that is way overpriced." That's sort ... | |
| SAT 30K+$$ TONEARM: W O R T H T O H A V E I T ? I have no reason to take issue with Raul's fact based analysis. In my opinion the SAT is probably not the tonearm that is way overpriced. I could site a few others that also strike me as being poorly designed and yet cost greater than $20,000. Ca... | |
| Brand new to vinyl: Help! thyname, A bit of icing is missing from your cake if you are trying to convert the single-ended output of your turntable into balanced mode for your Ayre. The Ayre phono section will sound best when fed with a true balanced signal. This is not so... |