neonknight
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| New Zirconia Pipe Cantilever .. What's up with that ? There has been some discussion by various users of the new cantilever used in the SAS line. Results are mixed But it does appear there is a resonance at 10 to 12k that cannot be resolved. Some feel boron is still preferable. https://audiokarma.org... | |
| Ikeda 9 Cartridge Squeaking Ok I got the cart mounted on the Audiomods with the heaviest cartridge plate that comes standard with it. Tracking force at 2 grams and no squeaking, tracks pretty nicely really. So far a positive outcome. | |
| Ikeda 9 Cartridge Squeaking One thing to do is bump up tracking weight on the WT to 2 grams? See what the result is there.Weird thing is it only does this on three records so far. All by Micheal Hedges released on Windham Hill. | |
| Ikeda 9 Cartridge Squeaking Ordered a heavy cartridge plate to get the Audiomods arm to 30 grams. Will see how things go on that arm and probably put the A90 on the Well Tempered. | |
| Ikeda 9 Cartridge Squeaking Can we get a concensous of which version this is?The one in this image is the cartridge I have. Are we talking an original series 9 or the Kawami? https://conchan1.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/mi-last.jpeg | |
| Ikeda 9 Cartridge Squeaking Cartridge identification on these is always difficult. Mine is the gold colored body with the kanji character on the right hand side and Ikeda 9 printed across the bottom. I have always had wondered if this is just the standard 9 or if this is the... | |
| New TT for ~$1500 There are very good reports regarding the SOTA Escape. Worth looking into. Has the Phoenix Engineering speed controller integrated which is an excellent way to obtain speed control with a belt drive table. | |
| Soundsmith - Thank you to everyone. Peter many of us appreciate what you do for the audio community. Ignore the detractors and know that you and your employees are valued by us. | |
| Cartridge advice A couple of very nice Audio Technica cartridges come to mind. The AT33SA can fall in that budget. So can the OC9 family, there are some new members as well as the OC 9 III. If you can stretch a bit the ART-9 is reported to an excellent all around ... | |
| Brightness More information is needed. What is the cartridge?What is amplification?What is the room like and how is equipment set up?What is used for cabling?What kind of music is being played?The WT is a table with a plethora of adjustments, especially cons... | |
| Good value arm with high quality internal wire @lohanimal Sorry, the table I bought came from the second hand market was not offered with the Brinkmann arm. I cannot make that comparison for you. | |
| Good value arm with high quality internal wire When I had my Rock III I used an modified Rega RB 251 on it. The Audiomods Classic III has the same head shell and arm length as the Rega and would work. Not sure about the Elite, but my version of the Townshend table would only take a 9 inch arm.... | |
| Good value arm with high quality internal wire I have an Audiomods Series Six on a Brinkmann Bardo table, Not sure it would be able to accept the damping paddle for the Townshend trough though. Maybe a Kuzma would do the job. | |
| Looking For Candidates For That Mythical 6922 Tube So yesterday the JJ 6922 goldpin tubes delivered. Out of the box they were a bit bright and harmonically lean. I chalked it up to being an inexpensive tube, but I did notice its tonal balance was more in line with what I wanted to find. So I kept ... | |
| What does a tonearm contribute to the sound of a turntable? In a perfect world a tone arm contributes nothing to the sound. It just allows the cartridge to track the record and convert mechanical squiggles into electrical impulses. Practically it adds distortions. The better ones add less than the mediocre... |