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| What about diamond cantilever/stylus combo I finally went for a Blue Lace w/ Diamond cantilever. I have experience with boron CoralStone, Onyx, Jade, RSP. Also with alnico vs. Platinum magnets on the Onyx. I am very impressed so far. Right out of the box it beats the burned-in (in its prim... | |
| Koetsu Rosewood - Best/safest way to clean stylus My Magic Eraser gets stuck to stylus about half the time I do my thing. I use a small cut-off piece with no appreciable mass, so to kick it off with a gentle downward nudge means no harm done. The key is to keep forces below what the stylus/cantil... | |
| Choosing the right cartridge.... Actually I’m a huge Koetsu fan; they’re absolutely my favorite cartridges. For me it just worked out that I keep Koetsus on the main rig with my VAC phono stage plus SUT, and the Ortofon/Shelter on the 2nd system with VTPH-2A. Yes, the Herron will... | |
| Choosing the right cartridge.... Ortofon Cadenza Bronze is a great match to the VTPH-2A. Not nearly as analytical as the other top-range MC Ortofons to my ears - Ortofon calls the Bronze "warm", I call it "neutral". Excellent price/performance on that combo. Shelter carts can be ... | |
| Phonostage preamp HELP Koetsus love a good SUT. They will sound more dynamic and alive into a good SUT than even a good JFET MC stage (like your Chinook) - I own a Sonic Frontiers Line 1 SE+ and Herron VTPH-2A, with which to compare JFET stages to various SUTs on variou... | |
| Ugh....dropped the stylus on the platter If it sounds OK it more than likely is OK - looks like you got lucky! We all need a support group anyways. | |
| Koetsu Rosewood - Best/safest way to clean stylus Simply dipping the ME in/out may not be enough. Between listening sessions, I will dip (using cueing lever) into a corner of a cut piece of ME and then - with the stylus remaining dipped in the ME - carefully *rotate* back & forth around the s... | |
| Did Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain" blow up my woofer? If you have woofer pumping it should be visible, because the woofers will be moving a great distance at sub-sonic frequencies. Sometimes lighting can highlight the issue. When I upgraded my rack & turntable to the current ones, absolutely all ... | |
| Did Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain" blow up my woofer? This happened to one of my big Tannoys a year ago. Turns out a lead wire to the woofer became disconnected. Most likely the lead came from the factory with a marginal physical connection, and the large amounts of energy thrown around the cabinet d... | |
| A new equipment rating system based on time % free time spent on listening Well I’m relatively young and not married so I do have a lot of free time, but the *prime* free time is weekend nights when I’m drinking and truly enjoying no worries of or preparations for work the next day. Weekend days are for sleeping and reco... | |
| Turntable options whart,Nice one on the Jade! It is indeed one of the most eye-catching of all Koetsus. And any of the stone bodies sound absolutely phenomenal. I got bit by the bug when I heard an Onyx 9 years ago, and the fever hasn't relented since then. Yes,the... | |
| Turntable options I run a Koetsu Coralstone (plus others) on my Master Innovation and absolutely love it. It is pure, musical joy. Worth the ludicrous expense (and make no mistake - for me this is a LOT of money). But it has been a long-ish road. I started with an ... | |
| Ways the stylus tip is attached to the cantilever I've only ever seen big blobs of glue bonding a nude diamond shank to boron and ruby/sapphire rod cantilevers. Sometimes this is quite sloppy. With aluminum pipe cantilevers, nude diamonds don't seem to need the glue. These glue-less mountings loo... | |
| Clearaudio Turntables Definitely stay away from the magnetic arm that came bundled with the Ovation until recently. I believe they've dumped that and now bundle the new "Tracer" arm with rigid bearings, which I'd expect to be a big improvement. The upgrade to a Univers... | |
| Why price of Tannoy speakers from online retailers in UK is cheaper than in US Tannoys do tend to show up used for great deals - they’re not always posted, but you’ll find a great deal on Kensington GR/GRF-90/Canterbury GR if you’re patient. The GR versions of the pepperpot/alnico drivers are what you want - they really are ... |