orpheus10
Responses from orpheus10
| Best MM? There’s something I left out; could those cartridges reproduce the "sound stage" I now demand?As I recall, the cartridges were the top of the line Stanton and Pickering. | |
| Best MM? Jukeboxes in the late 50's and early 60's was the "high end" of that time. The reason they had the best cartridges, and 45 RPM turntables was quite simple; they pulled quarters out of patrons pockets in bars. No one I knew, nor did I have anythi... | |
| Best MM? To make a long story long, I am an Electronics Technician, with a first class license; that's how I earned a living for my entire working life.It was my philosophy that it was all in the specifications. Then one day my prized SS preamp bit the du... | |
| Best MM? Are we to go by objective specifications, or a subjective judges recommendations? You be the judge?While it's for certain we can not personally review all the cartridges we would like to, I have discovered something that works for me; I place a l... | |
| I wonder how many audiophiles there are these days "I'm sure it is but I don't see the economy being at fault for the decline of hi-fi even if you believe the politically weaponized economic stats."Could you explain that sentence in great detail; I can't seem to figure it out?Thank you n80 | |
| Best MM? Raul, it's all relative. | |
| Best MM? I have owned the Empire 4000 D, and the Shure V 15 IV; the Shure had a brush in front of it that collected dust and it also helped in tracking warped records. I also heard Stanton and Pickering cartridges; they were all very good cartridges, but ... | |
| I wonder how many audiophiles there are these days Vijay is very original; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiDBiIsFiqU&t=36s | |
| I wonder how many audiophiles there are these days I spent so much time in high end stores, that my wife swore I was seeing another women.The stores I went to had incredible salespeople and setups. When business was slow, we would swap stuff in and out like crazy; especially when new top of the l... | |
| I wonder how many audiophiles there are these days This is the definition of "Audiophile", and it ain't cheap; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AudiophileFortunately, I accumulated my equipment when there were "Brick and Mortar" high end stores, and it was expensive, but I could better afford it t... | |
| Best MM? Chakster, I recall seeing Stanton and Pickering on Jukeboxes in the days of old. Yes they were very good, but I don't recall seeing anybody sitting in front of a Jukebox trying to dial in a sound stage.I get a 3D holographic sound stage with my G... | |
| I wonder how many audiophiles there are these days "Judging from what’s going on in the U.S., capitalism creates a huge downwardly mobile lower middle class, and a thriving 0.0001%. Not exactly a recipe for breeding people who seek the finer things."That plus the fact there is no place to auditio... | |
| Best MM? Fourwnds, sometime you have to go against the wind; such is the case with Grado and this forum."More and more though I’m less interested in scratching that curiosity itch, maybe I’n gettin closer to finding my sound, or tired of blowing money, I d... | |
| Best MM? The purpose of this forum is to enable each person to get the best bang for their buck. It has taken me many years to discover the cartridge for me "that I could afford". This is a long story that I won't try to shorten. Way back when Corey Gre... | |
| Best MM? There are some marvelous cartridges in the 1K price range; https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/music-maker-ii-cartridge http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/mmaker/mmaker.html |