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| Help! Tweaking My Lovan Rack for new Big A**ed Transrotor Turntable! Ah ok when you mentioned “loose and wiggly” I thought you were referencing the cantilever, which would be a no-recovery scenario. You might actually be ok here! | |
| Help! Tweaking My Lovan Rack for new Big A**ed Transrotor Turntable! Sorry again man...with what you’ve described, the suspension is toast, and it won’t sound fine, if it can even take the weight of VTF without completely bottoming out :( I’ve unfortunately seen a couple of cartridges get borked in my days; cantile... | |
| Help! Tweaking My Lovan Rack for new Big A**ed Transrotor Turntable! Sorry man. Sadly that’s a tale I’ve heard FAR too often over the years. My friend Tom had a Dynavector XX-2 killed this way. The best surefire way to prevent this is having your analog gear in a room that can be locked off from access by the clean... | |
| benefits of a phono preamp for me? I remember the 99’s phono board sounding pretty decent, and it’s supplemented by the very high gain of the line stage. Actually makes for a pretty good match. However if you upgrade to the next level of low output MC cartridge, like the next Dynav... | |
| New or used cartridge @handymann Sorry to veer off topic at various points. I can also report that I started out in Koetsu by buying used. I've gambled twice here on Audiogon with the purchase of used stone Plantinums (Onyx and Jade), both advertised in the ubiquitous ... | |
| New or used cartridge @terry9 Dang man, unfortunately I’m on the opposite end here in Atlanta, and travel doesn’t agree with me. I’ve already come VERY close to blind ordering some of these silver-wired Lundhals before, and may end up doing so in the not-too-distant fu... | |
| New or used cartridge Yes, Lundahls though K&K are a great deal (plus very small fee an assembled box); in my system I prefer the Sky to the copper LL1931, but I would absolutely love to hear the silver-wired LL1931Ag or LL1933Ag (or their higher gain versions) som... | |
| New or used cartridge @handymann Yeah, trade-in won’t get you much unless you can use it as a bargaining chip for a dealer that’s willing to cut into his margin. Probably better off selling the Urushi yourself. The stone Koetsus are all wonderful, though unfortunately ... | |
| New or used cartridge @terry9 They're just a deputy service that facilitates the transfer of Japanese goods. They would route your cartridge directly to Koetsu Japan (which is the only place to receive a genuine rebuild) on your behalf, just as if you were a Koetsu own... | |
| New or used cartridge @terry9 Consider having your Koetsu rebuilt through a Japanese or Asian deputy service. E.g. EIFL (Japan) advertises this for low-2000s on stone platinum model. Otherwise, the USA distributor & dealer will each take a hefty cut, and do nothing... | |
| Graham Phantom 1 Owner's Manual Sent a reply with the Graham Manual in pdf format; sorry for the delay! | |
| Is Agon becoming the eBay of audio? I agree it's annoying that many sellers don't seem to bother reading through the Audiogon Grading Scale rules (also annoying when buyers ask "why the 8/10 rating? are there scratches?"), but is it really that big a deal? 7/10 and 9/10 are mostly t... | |
| Audioquest Niagara 5000 or 7000 @hamburger Audioquest’s wire and cable braids have been made in China for many years now, since the cat-series interconnects. They are terminated (at least the upper lines), packaged and serviced in their USA headquarters. Not sure about their cur... | |
| 1) Getting to know VAC 160i amp. 2) Appropriate stand mounts? I've heard this integrated sound absolutely excellent with Magico S1. What about the MM stage didn't feel right to you? I thought its phono stage sounded superb (as typical for a VAC built-in phono), and you can add an outboard K&K Lundahl LL1... | |
| Help! Tweaking My Lovan Rack for new Big A**ed Transrotor Turntable! @prof That's awesome you got hooked up finally, and have superb sound! That's what it's all about. Personally I'd worry about making things too complex with multiple various isolators/platforms, and their interactions, on a less than stellar frame... |