mulveling
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| What happens when the stylus tip wears out on a $12,000 cartridge? @elliottbnewcombjr I highly doubt, lets say, a denon dl 103 with a spherical/conical stylus is going to be considered worn out or near worn out at 150 hours. The Denon 103 is also a nude conical, which puts it a significant cut above the typ... | |
| Anybody use a 5687 tube inplace of a 6sn7? @audioman58 four posts? 10,000 hours? Are you sure you’re not thinking of 5692, because that certainly doesn’t sound like a 5687. | |
| Anybody use a 5687 tube inplace of a 6sn7? In fact, I have. This substitute was popular for a very narrow slice of head-fi history, in the mid-2000s. The Singlepower OTL tube headphone amplifiers were extremely popular at this time, and they offered many different configurations & cust... | |
| What happens when the stylus tip wears out on a $12,000 cartridge? I definitely should have mentioned Van den Hul and SoundSmith offer excellent rebuild rates on their own cartridges! Much lower than 50%. It’s a huge advantage. I’ve really been enjoying some Van den Huls lately, and want to try SoundSmith too. ... | |
| Synergy It seems I have developed the same illness. I am cartridge bouncing again trying to find that perfect cartridge. Problem is it may not exist and this gets expensive. @mijostyn Thanks, and yes I’ve followed your cartridge impressions with great ... | |
| What happens when the stylus tip wears out on a $12,000 cartridge? It varies by manufacturer. Several offer a "full rebuild" for ~ 50% of MSRP, whereby you receive (after several weeks) a brand new cartridge in the old body. E.g. Koetsu, Ortofon. I like this option, but manufacturers dependent on a single ageing ... | |
| SUT experience Welcome to the SUT experience! IMO a good SUT sounds like "music" and further differentiates vinyl’s sound away from digital. There are many different SUTs, each with their own distinct sonic character. Choosing the right ratio for a given cartri... | |
| Synergy I’m glad you ended up in a good spot again! Since the Virtuoso is MM and Hana ML is MC, I posit the fault here is just as likely attributed to your phono’s MC stage as the cartridge itself. As always our personal preferences weigh heavily on these... | |
| Why do we demand so much from our systems? It's not hard putting together a high-end system that throws much more "detail" in your face. But getting it to also sound musically coherent and broadly enjoyable can sometimes be a challenge. If you're unsatisfied, especially if you find too man... | |
| New Phono Cart with Character Needed Myself, I’m thinking the Shelter 501 iii may be a good choice. I buy a new Cartridge every two years. My 1200GR Tone Arm is not a good match for an SPU or Denon 103. Fremer did a review a few years back: https://www.analogplanet.com/content/gimm... | |
| A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum @mijostyn Your MSL listing is a fantastic deal. I have 2 friends who want it but they’re not in a position to do it now (and their wives would kill then). I’m sort of tempted myself, but I have way too much gear to be buying another cart like th... | |
| New Phono Cart with Character Needed When it comes to this problem, I think you can blame the phono stage (or its match to a particular cartridge) just as likely as you can the cartridge itself. Tube MM stage paired with a good SUT is the easier path to "fun" sound, in my experience.... | |
| ClearAudio Tracer tonearm tracking force adjustment malfunction Sorry - I haven't owned a Tracer myself. Never had a problem with the Universal nor the Graham Phantom or VPI Fatboy which seem to have a similar counterweight adjustment mechanism. Sounds like the adjustment knob is mounted on a threaded rod, and... | |
| Step Up Transformer Question @rmdmoore Awesome! That’s great you’re liking the result with new cables and SUT at 30:1. Lowering phono stage gain to compensate could be good when you have the option, but since the cartridge is so low at 0.2mV, it’s probably just fine to run ... | |
| Dc voltage sent to my speakers I am very sorry to hear that! A power amp failure is likely in your case. But it could also be your preamp. Tube amps are generally not DC coupled, and they have output transformers which would block DC from your speakers and protect them. Such a... |