neonknight
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| TIME'S CELEBRATION: ORTOFON FIRST CENTURY ANNIVERSARY ! ! ! ! ! I enjoy the Ortofon cartridges a fair bit. Have an A90 on a Denon DP75 in VPI plinth and Acos GST 801 arm. There is a Cadenza Blue on a Technics SP10 MKII in obsidian plinth and EPA 250 arm. Have no problems with either cartridge into a Liberty Au... | |
| AT OC9/II vs AT OC9/III I have owned the OC9 II, III, and the 50ANV. The OC9 III has a noticeably different presentation than the II. The earlier cartridge has always been voiced to be a bit cool in the best of circumstances, and in the worst it can be bright and lean. T... | |
| SAEC Making Tonearms Again! @invictus005 I am pretty new around the forums, but been a member a long time. I also know that the Technics threads on many sites can get heated, as well as the whole BD/DD/Idler dust up. So I don't know if this is just lure dragging exercise, ... | |
| Needing some help figuring out my Panasonic sl-1000 Turntable @bratsvt Great story on finding a nice table. Sounds like you got great value for the dollar spent, and it if you find the right buyer you could make a nice profit for you audio kitty. I am down in the Olympia area and am fortunate enough to have... | |
| Technics 1200 Critic Fremer Praises the newer 1200G @roberjerman Actually the Pioneer is not manufactured in Japan. It is a Chinese product from Hanapin built to spec for Pioneer. There is much debate on how close it would come to a genuine SL1200. According to the writing on the box it is "desig... | |
| SAEC Making Tonearms Again! @rauliruegas Eh I got an SAEC 407 with the SL1000 I bought last year. Its a nice enough arm. I bought the EPA 250 to complete the Technics package. I also have a couple of Acos GST 801 to fill out my vintage arms. FInally, have a 12 inch Riggle St... | |
| SAEC Making Tonearms Again! Should make the SAEC 407 ( i believe its a 23 as I can use its alignment template) worth a few more bucks. I am getting ready to pull it off and mount a Technics EPA 250. | |
| Considsidering Replacing a Technics SP 10 Mk II with a MK III. Can I Expect Improvements? @lewm This one is coming from a friend who did the chip replacement for the MN6042 chip. He has gone through the MK III’s he has from top to bottom. Thats why this one isn’t cheap, at least in terms of MK III prices. So yes its all up to spec. As ... | |
| Top 5 Tonearms Newer or Vintage Under 2500 That Will Beat anything above/below 2.5k? @chakster Hi! Actually I have an 801 I could use those extra parts for. Love the tone arm, and would like get them from you. Can you email me at Hoffman1984@gmx.com Thanks! | |
| Anyone Ever Figure Out Who Really Designs And Build the Kiseki Cartridges? Spoke with a guy who I use for retipping cartridges. When I asked him about what he has seen inside the first generation Kiseki cartridges, he says the internal architecture looks like both a Koetsu and a Supex. Since Van den Dungen was looking ... | |
| Anyone Ever Figure Out Who Really Designs And Build the Kiseki Cartridges? Does not design and build. When you read the history, Herman sent 6 cartridge bodies out to 3 cartridge makers, and that is all the backstory we get. Happened in a reaction to losing distributorship of the Koetsu line in Europe. http://kiseki-eu.c... | |
| Getting The Most Out Of A Koetsu Urushi The Analysis Plus Silver Apex is due to deliver today. With that bit of the puzzle in place, I can then decide if I need to progress a bit further in terms of optimizing other parts of the analog chain for this cartridge. | |
| Getting The Most Out Of A Koetsu Urushi Oh sure I understand what you are saying Lew. The first step in the process is getting the Analysis Plus Apex phono interconnect installed, and making sure there is not a bottleneck there. Then we will evaluate. I did pick up a used SUT for a mode... | |
| Getting The Most Out Of A Koetsu Urushi @handymann That is the word about the Urushi. But then it seems Koetsu owners can use them on a SME V with excellent results. And that arm is 10/11 grams in mass. Decidedly in the medium mass camp, right there with a Rega 303. The Zupreme head she... | |
| Getting The Most Out Of A Koetsu Urushi Well the first step was to order a tone arm cable for the Acos, and make sure everything is up to snuff that way. Have an Analysis Plus Silver Apex cable coming. Apparently they just released it as a phono cable, and the website is not updated for... |