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| I have joined in the ZYX Family Chakster, You gotta be more optimistic than that. Otherwise, why get out of bed? Anyway, you've changed your argument from wear to tear. Privately, I was thinking that 2000 hours is a long time for an MC stylus to last, even under the best cond... | |
| Clearaudio Innovation Wood or shoot for the stars Techdas AF 3 I don't understand your wife's logic. But then again, I don't understand my own wife, either. Buy what you like and then buy her some flowers or some nice jewelry. All will be forgiven. I can see how a wife might legitimately object to the pur... | |
| I have joined in the ZYX Family Chakster, 2000 hours is a long time. Even if you do pay $2500 for a re-tip after 2000 hours, think of it as about a dollar per hour of enjoyment. That's cheap fun, compared to theater, movies, live music performances. My ZYX UNI has about 40 hou... | |
| LP's... Do they sound better now than 30 yrs ago? Everybody bringing up his own anecdotal singular experience to prove a point one way or the other. Like Bogie said to Bergman in Casablanca, it doesn’t amount to a hill of beans. | |
| LP's... Do they sound better now than 30 yrs ago? First of all, if you bother to educate yourself on routine care of an LP, and if you acquire decent equipment with which to play them, your experience with ticks and pops would never be repeated. What you experienced was the result of abuse. Eith... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I've never made much of an effort to maximize my digital experience. So, I am open-minded as to its ultimate potential, using my own amplifiers and my speakers as transducers. (Let us not forget that in the end, we are listening to speakers in re... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric, That is very kind of you. I am also interested to learn that you apparently rank the four named cartridges above the MC2000 and the Sony, especially since you once seemed to be a great fan of the Sony. I have a longstanding admiration f... | |
| Upcoming Technics SP-10R (100th Anniversary Model) Nandric, Thank you for correcting me. Perhaps the Serbian himself was indulging in wishful thinking, on two counts: the price of the 10R and my willingness to part with the L07D. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric, If I am understanding your post correctly, you are saying that you have not heard the MC2000. Is that the case? Or do you mean that you never heard one with its original cantilever/stylus? | |
| Upcoming Technics SP-10R (100th Anniversary Model) Pani, Will you like the 10R better if the price is more than $10K? Some will. I find it pointless to argue about what the price will or won't be. Whatever it will be is what it will be. Also, haven't you changed your tune just a little bit? W... | |
| "Straight" talk Stringreen, I am basically agreeing with you about the value of correcting azimuth. On the subject of the Foz and its wonderfulness, I am not qualified, because I do not own one, and I do not fully understand how it works. I do know however, that... | |
| My new Idler - but is it an idler ? Yes, I agree that the larger the diameter of the idler wheel, the better. The set-up of the Trans-fi would seem to dictate that energy from the motor can enter into the plinth, but Vic is a very smart engineer. I trust he knows more than I do abo... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Very interesting post, Chakster. Perhaps Nandric can tell us what Axel used to do with MC2000s. I certainly do not know, but your point (that re-tipping would probably change the cartridge) is well taken and one of which I am not unaware. (This l... | |
| "Straight" talk Stringreen, Fact is, if one is going to be truly anal about maximizing the listening experience for each and every LP, then one would be constantly fiddling with tonearm parameters. Maybe I should be embarrassed to admit it, but when I am in a li... | |
| Would you use an Ortofon A90 on a Jelco tonearm? Analogluvr, The compliance to effective mass match is not very restricting as I see it. Based on the equation, the resonant frequency is inversely proportional to the square-root of the product of mass X compliance. Because we take the square-roo... |