neonknight
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| Ikeda 9 Cartridge Squeaking Since I started this thread I eventually moved the Ikeda over to a Dynavector DV505 arm that is on a Scheu turntable I have. The cartridge performed well, and had no tracking issues at all, with a balanced sound and low noise floor. However, sin... | |
| Looking For A Dialogue Around Using An Ortofon MC2000 In My Current System So I sent the MC2000 off to Expert Stylus along with my Ikeda 9 Kawami. They are reporting a 3 to 4 week turn around time, must have caught them at a good time. VAS has my Transfiguration Audio Proteus and ZYX 4D, hopefully I will get them back ... | |
| Looking For A Dialogue Around Using An Ortofon MC2000 In My Current System @rauliruegas Afraid I don't see the point. No one has ever claimed it to be competitive with the finest cartridges of today. I have a Transfiguration Audio Proteus and ZYX 4D that satisfy me in that category, and have owned and sold several o... | |
| Looking For A Dialogue Around Using An Ortofon MC2000 In My Current System @dover @lewm Thanks guys, having confirmation that both of you have had no ill effects of the higher horizontal mass of the DV505 with high compliance cartridges sets my mind at ease. My plans will be to use it on the DV505 when the cartridg... | |
| Looking For A Dialogue Around Using An Ortofon MC2000 In My Current System @rauliruegas I am afraid I am just a bit simple, as I am not understanding the point of the previous post. I do understand the reference back to the MC3000 post I made earlier this year when I acquired that cartridge. When I purchased that c... | |
| Looking For A Dialogue Around Using An Ortofon MC2000 In My Current System @lewm The phono stage has MM and MC settings. with 40 dB of gain in MM mode at 47K. I would have to input the SUT with the Esoteric set in MM mode, so I need 30 dB of gain out of the SUT. The Esoteric has 66 dB of gain in MC mode. But I ... | |
| Looking For A Dialogue Around Using An Ortofon MC2000 In My Current System @lewm Yes it certainly makes sense, and since I own multiple low output Ortofon cartridges, the reality is I am going to need more than one gain device. So if I find one now I can wait for a T2000 to become available, and then move this devic... | |
| Looking For A Dialogue Around Using An Ortofon MC2000 In My Current System Afraid it is not that easy, quite a bit of work has to be done before that can occur. Have no idea of the number of hours on the diamond, so it needs to be evaluated. I have a package slated to go to Expert Stylus with my Ikeda 9 for refurbishment... | |
| Looking For A Dialogue Around Using An Ortofon MC2000 In My Current System So I can a resonance calculator with the SME V as the tonearm and got 7.68 Hz. I got no idea how to run the Dynavector and get a calculation. | |
| Looking For A Dialogue Around Using An Ortofon MC2000 In My Current System @mrwigglewm Yes there was a brief mention of Intact and that you do use a DV505 with the MC2000. I started this thread to have a bit more in depth conversation than we had and get different perspectives to see what is possible. With the Supex ... | |
| How To Safely Ship Cartridges For Retip Which is why I prefer a domestic option if possible. Whenever I have my Ikeda done it will have to go to Expert Stylus, and that will require me to follow those rules and take more risk than I would like to. At the moment I have one of these new g... | |
| How To Safely Ship Cartridges For Retip So I shipped them off today. Decided to use FED EX Air Super Saver. Threw $2K insurance on it so hopefully they know there is some care needed. To go across country it cost me $64 with my discount for having an account. Hopefully in a bit Steve wi... | |
| How To Safely Ship Cartridges For Retip @chakster Yeah that sounds good and all. Until I remember my last order for a Dynavector headshell that came to a USPS facility about 30 miles from my home and never left it. Went to the post office three times to try to use the tracking number to... | |
| Classic Ortofon Cartridges: The MC2000 MK II or the MC3000 MK II? This should be an interesting experiment. I was attempting to purchase the matching T3000 transformer from a seller on UKAudiomart, but he never responded. In the process of looking around I came across a Conrad Johnson HV1. This is an active head... | |
| Calling all Sota fans. @garkat62 I don't know if the analysis can be as simple as A>B>C or anything along those lines. When you get to upper tier tables and analog equipment in general my experience is they sound more similar than different as they succeed in rem... |