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nandric

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Removable headshells 101
@maxon,  I am not sure about difference between Jelco HS 25and HS-30. Anyway I would never buy any headshell without''movable 4 pin connector''. With this kind one can adjust azimuthas well the stylus eff. length. This exclude wooden headshells wh... 
Removable headshells 101
@2channel 8, With ''fast headshell'' I mean not removable kind.Some of my tonearms are with silver some wit copper wire. I owntwo FR-64 with either , Reed 3P with silver and Sumiko 800 withcopper wire. The curious thing is that the most seem to pr... 
Removable headshells 101
Well despite all troubles and irritation I still prefer removable headshells. The reasons are many carts and the ''endless'' timeneeded to mount a cart on an fast headshell. Alas the situationis the same as before in the sense of the same annoyanc... 
SME V Tonearm on eBay Hong Kong Sellers are FAKE!!!
@roxy54 , Objects of our desire are amps, speakers, TT's,tonearms, cartridges, etc. Fashion are clothes, watches, handbags,shoes, etc. Imitation or fake is bigger problem by the later objects''of desire''.  
What is the preferred cartrige mm or mc and why
Fortuitous I discovered Denon AU-S1 which covers impedancesfrom 2-40 Ohms. I own many MC carts so the perspective of manySUT's each suitable for particular cart was not very attractive. Butthen I also discovered Denon DL-S1 which is special made f... 
New or used cartridge
While every one seem to fear the stylus condition by an secondhand cart, according to J. Carr the stylus change is the least trouble. Anyway by ''exotic cantilevers'' in which the stylus needto be glued. Not to mention the possibility to chose for... 
What is the preferred cartrige mm or mc and why
I have never seen Tyrolean pants anywhere else than in Germanyand Switzerland. So, obviously, those pants never become ''universal fashion''.  The MM fashion was universal till the 80is.Then the first Supex 900 MC become the fashion. Those whoowne... 
SME V Tonearm on eBay Hong Kong Sellers are FAKE!!!
Ebay and/or PayPal protection is based on buyers money. Themoney can be blocked on sellers account and in case of''default'' returned to the buyer. The general complaint is ''notas described'' ( in the listing). This obviously apply for items whic... 
Has a component ever changed your focus?
I have no idea why people hate simple answers and prefercomplicated. By each increase in my income I bought betterstuff.  
Fidelity Research FR-64x
@chakster,  If you can find some ''mechanics'' with CNN latheadditional counterweights are no problem at all. My Sumiko got4 extra counterweights this way so I am probably the only personwith all 6 weights. Regarding your FR-64 FX you should try t... 
Isolation stands: snakeoil?
Sceptic A: ''one thing is sure, my dear, nothing is for sure!''Sceptic B: ''Are you sure about that?'' 
SME V Tonearm on eBay Hong Kong Sellers are FAKE!!!
Dear chakster, Your judgment and qualification'' garbage'' isbased on your assertions which are based on ''you tube video''.The legitimate comparison is only possible by A-B comparisonbetween two real components. If this is your usual way to ''com... 
Fidelity Research FR-64x
Dear chakster, As I mentioned Vidmantas the owner/designerby Reed also made an armpod for my Kuzma. He produces thoseas separates since. So you can ask him to make one for you.Now regarding our friendship. He appointed his daughter in lawas his ''... 
SME V Tonearm on eBay Hong Kong Sellers are FAKE!!!
Well the curious thing is that Japanese economy was basedon replica of European and American , say, inventions. Curiousin the sense that they (aka Ikeda) ask + $ 2000 for the originalB-60 while the most buyers want ''original'' parts by each item.... 
Fidelity Research FR-64x
Dear chakster, I also own the Reed 3 P. Fantastic arm but withfast headshell. I owned all Reed versions because the designer/owner was my friend. I was their first customer and ordered thesecond tonearm for my Kuzma. This was only possible with an...