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Ikeda 9 Cartridge Squeaking
Dear neonknight, the gold Ikeda looks like my REX but also likethe new Ikeda 9 TT. But on my Ikeda 9 also the name REX iswritten. I assume that Kiwami has integrated headshell.  
Garrott vs Soundsmith
Dear chakster , your curioslty is remarkable. It seems you canfind whatever you are looking for. I get tired after two hours behindmy laptop. I thought that Dover owns pre-amp from Reto but he obviously ownsphono-pre. Curious that he named the thi... 
Ikeda 9 Cartridge Squeaking
I think that 9REX and Supremo are the latest in the cantileverlessseries. My (forum) brother Don bought Supremo with integratedheadshell and posted to ''Expert stylus'' in UK. As Decca ownerhe knew that Decca uses styli produced by ''Expert stylus... 
Garrott vs Soundsmith
How do you say ''ich liebe dich'' in Dutch ?  ''I love you''. ''No idiotthat is English''. ''My Gosh I had no idea that I speak English''. This is an Serbian joke but in this case this was my ''sensation''by reading this Norwegian information. I h... 
Garrott vs Soundsmith
Dear chakster, Nice to see this ''unknown'' info about Andreolibut by quoting reviewers one should also mention the timewhen those are written. Not only because of inflation. Otherwise many may try to get ,say, Magic Diamond for $2500. According t... 
Garrott vs Soundsmith
What an surprise? One architect likes the other. However I am notable to ''place'' his history. If he was only 3 years by the ''brothers''then he was about 18 when returned to Switzerland. The ''rightage'' for the university. But then instead of e... 
Ikeda 9 Cartridge Squeaking
The nomenclature by many carts is confusing. AT being the champion.. By Ikeda's 9 series is this, alas, also the case..Because you mentioned Decca I assume that your sample isthe so called ''cantileverless kind''. Their problem is not geometrybut ... 
Garrott vs Soundsmith
Dear chakster, Reto may be ''modest'' according to his Russianimporter but his prices are certainly not. His cheapest MC wasVirus than Magic Diamond and Silver Spirit. Magic Dimond was+/-$6000 and Silver Spirit  about $ 12 K. I see for the first t... 
Garrott vs Soundsmith
In the mentioned publication Andreoli explains what was wrongby Decca.  
Garrott vs Soundsmith
Dear chakster, I first thought that this story was written by Reto Andreoli, the third  (youngest) brother. At the age of 15 andspeaking only German he went to Australia with the intention to learnthe art from the masters. He was accepted and lear... 
Tonearm mount to the plinth vs arm board vs rotating arm board vs isolated tower
Dear chris, Curious but we are again in France . What is thefunction of those magnets in your Verdier La Platine?  
Tonearm mount to the plinth vs arm board vs rotating arm board vs isolated tower
Dear chris, The French cardinal La Rochfaucauld was visited by an lady who asked: ''father is it an sin that I admire my ownbeauty ? Cardinal: ''my dear lady illusion  is not an sin''. You used qualification ''illusion'' but without any argumentat... 
Tonearm mount to the plinth vs arm board vs rotating arm board vs isolated tower
Geoffkat, I have oil + spike isolation in my Kuzma and pneumaticfeet isolation  under my Technics SP 10 with Obsidian plinth. In addition to mentioned  Kuzma isolation I have sand filled  base plate which is isolated with 3 spikes from the rack. W... 
Tonearm mount to the plinth vs arm board vs rotating arm board vs isolated tower
The ''compounds similar to paint'' as well ''the isolation'' will not do.There are many kinds of isolations as well many kinds of paint. Problem of notions without boundary conditions are the same assets theoretic  problem of extension. ''Set of a... 
New Zirconia Pipe Cantilever .. What's up with that ?
Essentialist world view think in terms of parts and their importance.The opposite view is the so called ''holistic''. There are no ''essentialparts'' but all parts together make the whole while whole is ''more''than the parts. ''More'' is meant in...