neonknight
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| Classic Ortofon Cartridges: The MC2000 MK II or the MC3000 MK II? Cartridges are small, and therefore easy to ship. | |
| Classic Ortofon Cartridges: The MC2000 MK II or the MC3000 MK II? I looked at those two MC2000 on eBay, and they do have issues with cantilevers. One also has surface corrosion. That unfortunately seems to be a common occurrence with audio goods from Japan. Neither one is of interest. I imagine obtaining a prope... | |
| Classic Ortofon Cartridges: The MC2000 MK II or the MC3000 MK II? @chakster Yes, this is the problem with a MC2000 or other classic Ortofon. It has to have the OEM cantilever. A diamond can be replaced, Expert Stylus will do this well, although you will have to accept differences between a Paratrace cut and the ... | |
| Upper Level Vintage DD Strenghts and Weaknesses @lewm So which head shells have you used with the table? I have one OEM Dynavector that is 15 grams, and two LP Gear Zupreme which are 12 gram that I can install. I notice that 2Juki has some Dynavector head shells for the DV 505 and 507 on his si... | |
| Which cartridge for Graham 2.2 arm? With a $500 budget I would look closely at the new Audio Technica OC9 family of cartridges. I believe there are four variants available, and they range from the mid $200s up to the $700s. Looks like the OC9XML would fit in your budget as it sells ... | |
| Upper Level Vintage DD Strenghts and Weaknesses @dover Thanks for the description of your procedure, it sounds like pretty conventional set up technics for a standard arm, but they serve a different purpose with the Dynavector. Balancing the primary arm wand on the horizontal bearing makes a lo... | |
| Upper Level Vintage DD Strenghts and Weaknesses @lewm No worries, I know exactly what you mean since I have set the arm up. It's interesting how the primary arm counterweight loads the horizontal bearing. I guess that degree of travel is a function of the horizontal bearings architecture. It ma... | |
| Upper Level Vintage DD Strenghts and Weaknesses @lewm This is from the manual on the DV505. Horizontal balancingMain arm is designed to maintain itself always level. But horizontal balancing is still necessary to distribute bearing load evenly and thereby realize best trackability. To achieve t... | |
| Upper Level Vintage DD Strenghts and Weaknesses In the meantime I have installed the Ikeda 9 Kawami in the Dynavector with a 15 gram headshell. The Dynavector arm is an unusual design, and what I found interesting is that there is a counterweight at the end of the main arm that has to be set in... | |
| Scheu Audio Das Laufwerke No 2 Arrives Safely So I have had the table up and running for a few days on a trial set up. For the moment I have an Ortofon MC200 installed as its my cheapest cartridge, and this was put on just to make sure everything works properly. Cartridge alignment is easy ... | |
| Scheu Audio Das Laufwerke No 2 Arrives Safely @mijostyn My SOTA is a vacuum model. It is the current generation Cosmos Eclipse. I got it at the beginning of 2020. | |
| Scheu Audio Das Laufwerke No 2 Arrives Safely The base is the black acrylic and the platter is clear acrylic. Essentially it is this tablehttps://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrTLfpNYuxgnYUAySeJzbkF;_ylu=c2VjA3NyBHNsawNpbWcEb... | |
| Upper Level Vintage DD Strenghts and Weaknesses Search engines are weird, and sometimes we miss information or posts with them. I happened to find this post when using my phone and when using my computer it never comes up in a search. But there is a bit of information that is interesting. I hav... | |
| Upper Level Vintage DD Strenghts and Weaknesses So my table shipped on Thursday. If it clears customs in a timely manner I hope to have it next week. | |
| Upper Level Vintage DD Strenghts and Weaknesses I worked for an audio shop during my college years. Late 1980s, in Washington State. We carried the Azden YM series of cartridges. So they were available in the US too. |