mijostyn

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Vinyl Lovers
@bigtwin  I have had to return a lot of records to Amazon. Their packaging is frequently comical to say the least.   
Upgrading My Vinyl Set Up
You might try posting this under "cables"  
A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum
@dover  I think the way the body of the cartridge was mounted to its headshell interface betrayed it. If I had the cartridge today I would try to do something to stiffen that junction. I bet that coloring you are hearing would disappear. If you w... 
A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum
Here is a link for a series of stylus photographs including AP, Lateral and Tip images of both the Replicant 100 and the My Sonic Lab https://imgur.com/a/rv3njM0  
A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum
@rauliruegas  Raul, your links are not working. I post the photos on Imgur which provides a link. This works every time. @ml8764ag  You can not compliment a Mexican. Next thing you know he'll be trying to take Texas back:-)  
A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum
@rauliruegas  I had a Talisman S and liked it a lot. After a while one channel stopped working entirely, so I tossed it. I was not aware there were so many people out there that could have fixed it. The stylus was actually still in pretty good sh... 
A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum
@rsf507  You see the grooves cut on each side? That is how you create a "microridge" stylus. The styluses on the more expensive cartridges are selected. They have a better polish and cut.  @lewm  Only you would think of something like that....g... 
A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum
@rauliruegas  https://i.imgur.com/LFFl4hO.jpg  Hopefully this works. This is an AP view of a MSL Signature Platinum Stylus. You can tell it is a MSL cartridge because of the way the stylus is mounted, in a slot.   
A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum
@pindac  It is called business.   
Affordable SS that sound like Tubes
Any Pass amp, Any Parasound amp designed by John Curl, the Atma-sphere class D amps.   
Can "Dark"Sounding Speakers Be "Brightened"UP???
@freediver  What you are describing is an amplitude problem, frequency response. He is using a computer and there are EQ plug ins that can be used to correct this. The smartest way to do this is to get a USB microphone with an amplitude program a... 
TRAVELING TO JAPAN! Recommendations for shops for cartridges?
Suchi!!  
A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum
@karl_desch  Good to hear. However, they make a good profit on these rebuilds. The rubber hits the road when there is no profit involved and they go out of their way to help a customer.  One of the reasons rebuilds for Soundsmith cartridges are ... 
A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum
@cleeds  Please don't waste your time responding to comments like that. chrisoshea would prefer we lived in a communist country where everyone is entitled to a $100 cartridge.  
Vinyl Lovers
Acoustic Sounds and Analog Productions are two of the best. I also use Elusive Disc. There are many online record stores and they all sell the same records. Acoustic Sounds and Analog Productions are one and the same. Music Direct and MoFi are one...