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What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”?
@mikelavigne Don't go! 🙂 One cannot allow blowhards to force capitulation.   
What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”?
@mijostyn That's fine by me. But do you really think I'm going to sit there and listen to 4 mistracking cartridges for 35 years? I will admit that I had one in a LP12/Ittok back in the 80s and it did mistrack. Perhaps your impression comes from th... 
Dynavector 507 arm lift assembly on a 501 arm
Sounds good. Enjoy in good health.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Georgia Brown – Sings Kurt Weill (London 1962) One of my favorites when the recordings were lush and clear as a bell.  Recommended.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Seth Austen – The Road O'er The Rainbow (Banish Misfortune 1981)  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Russ & Becky Jeffers – Russ & Becky Jeffers At Opryland (Lee-Ann 1975)  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Jumbo String Band – Goin' Steppin' (Old Homestead 1983) Solid bluegrass music and funnin'  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
David Raksin – Sylvia (Mercury 1965) Wonderful of its time music.  
One turntable with two arms, or two turntables with one each - which would you prefer?
It is compared to boronized steel! Panzerholz is not a "soft" material.  
Couple of OCC Speaker Cable Options
I make my own with OCC copper in Teflon from Partsconnexion.com and they sound great. Don’t know the ones you’ve linked to but Amazon Prime does returns...  
Review: Reed 2A Series Tonearm
Old post but very enjoyable.   
Where did he go?
@sysadmin Any chance of lifting the @chakster suspension. He's missed over here and has been a great contributor for years. Thanks.  
Dynavector 507 arm lift assembly on a 501 arm
Hi Dan, when you drilled the post, the vibrations travel to the precision bearings causing them to vibrate and rub together. This can cause roughness or looseness. Or, if sapphire bearing cause them to shatter. I’m not sure how the bearings are co... 
What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”?
@mijostyn Where did you get this info from? I’ve 4 Decca cartridges and they are incredibly robust in that there’s no cantilever to get destroyed in an accident. They all track splendidly although they can be susceptible to noise from unclean vin... 
Making a Set of Mapleshade Jumper Cables for a Stacked ESL 57 Set Up
@pindac Did you ever complete the stack? Please consider adding your components to Virtual Systems.