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| Help! Tweaking My Lovan Rack for new Big A**ed Transrotor Turntable! Believe me, I've been there before with the "does it sound different tonight because I messed it up?" cartridge paranoia. It's all in our heads. Do experiment with the VTA though; good suggestion on that. And yes, loading can have a big impact on ... | |
| Inexpensive Tube Amps You get what you pay for. Some Chinese gear can be good, but amps at this price range will be riding the very bottom of the barrel. They will have been cranked out of a factory with very little concern for quality or perhaps even safety. | |
| 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... |