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How good is the Artisan Fidelity Lenco 75??
Those should both be superb components.  My only hesitation would be the price.  Since AF turntables are costly, I assume your friend would like to recoup a large fraction of his investment, which is completely understandable.  On the other hand, ... 
Seeking arm suggestions for a Grace F9R
Robbie, No problem about misspelling my moniker. 
Phono Preamps with "balls" ?
I own both a Manley Steelhead and the Atma-sphere MP1.  They both have "balls", but the MP1 has the bigger cojones, IMO.  As Ralph suggests, I am not only able to load my LOMCs at 47K into the MP1, but they really do sound best that way or certain... 
Koetsu cartridges - what arms work?
Racedoc, This is in response to your post of 10-13-2017.  Therefore, you may never see it.  I am not sure exactly what Peter Ledermann may have told you regarding skating force and the Viv Float.  But it most certainly does generate a skating forc... 
Please Rate These Cartridges in Best Overall Order of Sonic Importance. Recommended Arms?
Sixteen cartridges does not a neophyte make. 
Recent retip(canti also) Dude where did my soundstage width go
Are you looking at one strand of a stranded wire, sticking out from the pin?  That could cause a problem only if it is touching any of the other pins.  If not, just take a fine wire cutter and snip it off. Or fold it so it cannot possibly contact ... 
Seeking arm suggestions for a Grace F9R
The range of acceptable resonant frequency is generally taken to be 8 to 12 Hz, not 10 Hz on the nose.  We'd be going even more nuts, if we sought an exact 10 Hz.  At 7 Hz, I repeat, do you have a perceptible problem? Speaking of footfalls, if you... 
Seeking arm suggestions for a Grace F9R
Robbie, Did you actually measure a resonant frequency of 7 Hz, or did you calculate it based on assumptions of compliance and effective mass?  If the latter, and especially if you're really not having an audible problem with bass reproduction, I w... 
Please Rate These Cartridges in Best Overall Order of Sonic Importance. Recommended Arms?
Dave, I like the one with the other body. 
Top 5 Tonearms Newer or Vintage Under 2500 That Will Beat anything above/below 2.5k?
Nandric, In the context of my post where I tried to re-state Raul's critique of Vinny, I of course agree with Raul; Vinny's question was badly phrased.  But I think Vinny is a "troll", from beginning to end.  So, in that way, his question was well... 
Please Rate These Cartridges in Best Overall Order of Sonic Importance. Recommended Arms?
Vinny, You need to work on your questions.  However, you should thank Invictus for his response.  He is absolutely sure that the right answer to any question has the acronym "SME" somewhere in it.  Anyway, I actually think this might be your idea ... 
Top 5 Tonearms Newer or Vintage Under 2500 That Will Beat anything above/below 2.5k?
I think Raul is trying to say that the tonearm, per se, does not create these specific sonic qualities, that the tonearm always has to be considered in concert with the cartridge.  So, the better question is whether tonearm X can get the best poss... 
Top 5 Tonearms Newer or Vintage Under 2500 That Will Beat anything above/below 2.5k?
Chakstr you must have misspoken when you wrote that the FR64 is best suited to light, high compliance cartridge s.to who ever wrote that silver was not made for audio, are you serious with that line of thought? Copper and silver are both conductor... 
Tube Question
I've said all I can say. Good luck. 
Recent retip(canti also) Dude where did my soundstage width go
fourwinds, with regard to your question of 04/06, I am not clear what you actually did.  I had suggested aligning the cartridge for zero azimuth by eye only, ignoring the Foz reading.  You could use a mirror or whatever sort of aid might help in t...