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Dec 14, 2015	old classic phono cartridges You've got several interesting cartridges there. Yes, some of them are competitive with some of the upper end cartridges (in terms of cost) that are available currently. In the end, it's a matter of taste. On the other hand, you've already abso...
Dec 13, 2015	Help me choose a mono cartridge I agree that all those are issues associated with choosing a mono cartridge or even just choosing to buy one at all.
Dec 12, 2015	TTWeights closing their doors I suppose you could say that my feelings are selfish. The more players there are in the vinyl game, the better and more novel will be the products from which we can choose. The loss of TTW products, good, bad, or indifferent, is a loss to all of...
Dec 12, 2015	Help me choose a mono cartridge Rshak, I was interested to read that you contemplate replacing a Helikon Mono with a 2M Mono SE Ortofon. Would you care to amplify on the rationale for that? I ask only because the Helikon Mono is much more expensive and has been highly praised.
Dec 12, 2015	TTWeights closing their doors So you took a look at the landscape of the audio business and made a calculated decision to take the money and run. That's fine. I, for one, am happy for you. I see no reason for your evident anger. Good luck.
Dec 11, 2015	TTWeights closing their doors TTW, I have seen your work, own some of it, and I fully see your point about quality. Do I detect some ambiguity as regards your going out of business? That is, will you continue to make product on special order or something like that? Platter ...
Dec 11, 2015	TT Speed Control/ Phoenix Roadrunner and Eagle Review The ear is king. I will never forget the improvement wrought by a Walker Audio Precision Motor Controller on the sound of my Nottingham Hyperspace tt. It was jaw-dropping, especially because I was a complete sceptic to begin with; I was not prepa...
Dec 10, 2015	Grace F9 F8 F-9 F-8 Andante F9 F-9 H S Sumiko Pearl Supex Phono Stylus GAS Sleeping Beauty Whoops! Those prices are for the complete head units, not for re-tipping.
Dec 10, 2015	Grace F9 F8 F-9 F-8 Andante F9 F-9 H S Sumiko Pearl Supex Phono Stylus GAS Sleeping Beauty Prices on the OCL w/Ruby and the CL w/Ruby have risen considerably since I had the work done on mine, each by $150.
Dec 10, 2015	Grace F9 F8 F-9 F-8 Andante F9 F-9 H S Sumiko Pearl Supex Phono Stylus GAS Sleeping Beauty Thanks for that input, Al. I am more and more thinking I should ask Peter to simply replace the OCL with their less exotic line contact ("level 2") stylus, assuming he will find no other problem unique to the original re-tipping of my cartridge. ...
Dec 10, 2015	Grace F9 F8 F-9 F-8 Andante F9 F-9 H S Sumiko Pearl Supex Phono Stylus GAS Sleeping Beauty I own a Grace tonearm and two Grace Ruby cartridges. I was surprised to read that Grace and Sumiko could be associated, because I have never particularly liked the sound of any Sumiko label cartridge, whereas I count the Ruby as one of my all tim...
Dec 09, 2015	A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game Sorry. I get it; you meant to say that the person who claimed that the Zero would not damage a stereo groove was incorrect, and you cite the blurb from the Miyajima website as evidence. Seems like you're correct. Fremer misspoke, if it was Fremer...
Dec 08, 2015	Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Dover, It has long been my observation that your major goal in participating in this discussion is to "prove" by the force of insistence that your particular Final Audio turntable is "the best". Secondary goals are to prove that the finest direct...
Dec 08, 2015	A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game I know much less about the subject of stylus tip shape than does Fleib, but I don't see a problem using a conical (also known as "spherical") tip to play a mono LP. The "more advanced" shapes, from elliptical on up, were designed primarily to enh...
Dec 07, 2015	Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? For me, there's no perfect way to measure the phenomenon we are trying to understand, so I prefer listening tests. Listening tests are inevitably subjective in nature. However, lately I have been doing a lot of listening to my SP10 Mk3 as the Kr...