neonknight
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| Is Roon The Best Sounding Option For Us? @sns Any chance you would share what digital rig you are running now? | |
| High Performance Moving Iron Cartridge Candidates? Well I found my solution. A HO Benz Micro Glider. The newer generation cartridge is lovely. Sweet midband, a top end that is well balanced and not zingy in any way. Nice dynamic contrasts, and very nice spatial presentation. A very easy cartridge ... | |
| New cartridge vs. Re-tipped @jcarr Thank you for taking the time to share your insights and experiences with us. I do not know about others, but I appreciate understanding the challenges and issues a cartridge manufacturer goes through to bring a product to market and take ... | |
| New cartridge vs. Re-tipped @jcarr Would you be kind enough to share with us what wears out on a cartridge besides the diamond? I imagine the damper and those types of materials would. What about the tensioning mechanism or the yoke assembly? When does this wear typically s... | |
| Initial Impressions Shure V15xMR w Jico SAS Stylus So this morning I had a chance to put the V15 on the Esoteric E-03 and give it a spin. I started with 0 pf loading, and then have the choice of 100 pf and 330 pf loading. I liked it at 0, a bit smooth and powerful bass response. The album I used w... | |
| Koetsu back...kind of. It makes sense that the son was not producing all these cartridges. Too many were going out worldwide every month for a single person to be the builder. | |
| Initial Impressions Shure V15xMR w Jico SAS Stylus @helomech Any ideas why a stylus assembly would take that long to break in? My moving coils never took that long, new or retip. It is well aligned, I prefer to use an arc protractor and alignment grid. I do align to the cantilever, which is st... | |
| New cartridge vs. Re-tipped I have used a few retippers over the years. My choice is for those who will do a diamond only replacement. The companies I use are The Expert Stylus Company and AllClear Audio. AllClear has done excellent work for me. Expert has a stellar reputati... | |
| High Performance Moving Iron Cartridge Candidates? So I just bought a Shure V15 VxMR with a like new Jico SAS stylus for this arm. This should do the job as a casual cartridge into the Trinov MM phono stage. I get the factory stylus also. Is that cantilever able to be retipped? | |
| High Performance Moving Iron Cartridge Candidates? Well looks like my two options are an MP500 (we will see what the 700 looks like) or an appropriate Soundsmith if I find one. I still think a modern HOMC might be an option, as the ones I have heard did not have the rising top end that many o... | |
| High Performance Moving Iron Cartridge Candidates? I was hoping people would have read a little closer. The arm being used is just under 9 grams. As I understand things, a cartridge like a London Decca isn't going to be happy in an arm of that mass. Please do let me know if I am wrong. Secondly,... | |
| High Performance Moving Iron Cartridge Candidates? Some questions about Soundsmith. As I understand it earlier cartridge designs were built upon the B&O architecture. Is there some point the designs evolved past them? Are any of the current cartridges still based on them? One thought comes... | |
| High Performance Moving Iron Cartridge Candidates? @jasonbourne71 That is my other option. I have looked at HOMC versions of cartridges from Dynavector and Benz Micro. Since Excel built many HOMC cartridges in the past for companies, I wonder how much the changed in the innards with their Hana HO... | |
| High Performance Moving Iron Cartridge Candidates? Tonearm is going to be a low mass version of the Audiomods Series Six. Effective mass is 8.9 grams. | |
| Koetsu cartridges. They must be something special. Kiseki of old is not the current day Kiseki. |