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| Differences-Thorens 124II vs. Garrard 301/401??? Hi Chazzbo,Since no-one has come forward a week after your post I'll give my 5 cents worth.I used to own a Thorens TD124ll at the same time as I owned a Linn Sondek LP 12. This was from about 1976 to 1980. On several occasions I switched the arms ... | |
| EAR 834P Impedance? Hi Frogman,What cartridge are you using ? When I was loading the Koetsu at 515 ohms the sound was downright boring. I experimented with 250 ohms, 200 ohms, 150 ohms, 100 ohms. 50 ohms and finally 10 ohms. Each change brought an audible improvement... | |
| EAR 834P Impedance? It's 515 ohms in the MC position.............a decision made by the designer in order to tame high frequency resonances in MC carts. Unfortunately I discovered it really compromises the performance of the Koetsu and Linn cartridges that I use.I ma... | |
| Turntables better than a Wadia 861SE w/ Statement If you are handy with woodworking tools and want a turntable that will blow away skeptics and save you enough money to spend more on the arm and cartridge check out the "Building High End Tables Cheap At Home Despot" forum on this site.Here's some... | |
| Best cartridge/stylus for Lenco L75, with RB300 That should have started "I have use a Koetsu Black....." | |
| Best cartridge/stylus for Lenco L75, with RB300 ....in an OL modded Rega 250 with pretty amazing results on my GL 75. But unless you can find a used one you may think that putting a $1500 cartridge in a $300 arm on a $100 turntable smacks of madness. Not to my ears. I am currently using a Linn ... | |
| Personal turntable/cartridge evolution It's just that people have short memories.1971 - 1973 Garrard SP25 MkIII with Shure M44E cartridge.1974 - 1975 Pioneer PL 12D with Ortofon MC10 cartridge1976 - 1976 Thorens TD 124 with SME 3009Mk II arm and Fidelity Research FR1 MK III cartridge.1... | |
| Best table in $1500 range Todd,If you have any DIY in your body you should look at the Audiogon thread about "Building a High End Turtable At Home Despot". Find a Goldring GL75 for $100 or less, build a solid plinth for it ($50), put an Origin Live Rega 250 arm on it ($400... | |
| Best Cartridge for VPI Aries orig + JMW 10.5 ? Banjofan,If you are serious enough to spend $1,500 on a cartridge I would suggest that you listen to the item before buying, or at least have the option of sending it back if you don't like it. See www.musicalsurroundings.comGiven the music that y... | |
| Phono cable for 100? I replaced the stock cable on my Linn Ittok with one made from the Sakura Systems OTA cable kit (see www.sakurasystems.com and the discussion group under this forum).A 3' run with a Van den Hul 90 degree din plug cost me slightly less than $80. Yo... | |
| Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit Slawney,Would that I could have contained my unbridled passion for this cable and waited for the full blooming of its beauty.Alas, impatience and a licentious desire for detail overcame me and in a moment (actually about 20 minutes) of vinyl weakn... | |
| Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit An interesting idea. I had never thought of that. Unfortunately I don't have any cable left over, so I may have to buy more to experiment with multi-wiring.I did however rewire my turntable pick-up arm withe the OTA cable. The difference is immedi... | |
| Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit Thanks Sead,I will use as small an amount of silver solder as I can possibly dispense.I have found a new definition of purgatory: Breaking in the OTA cable at the same time as I'm breaking in a pair of Triangle Antal speakers and a Denon 103D cart... | |
| Verdier and Amazon Is the Linn not doing something that you feel it should?When you say fully updated do you mean with the Lingo?You should also consider the Teres. See www.teresaudio.comSimilar design, and a sound to match the Verdier at a fraction of the cost.Happ... | |
| Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list Are we now allowed ten ? Last time I played this game I found 100 was difficult out of 3,000 LPs.In no particular order:Love - Forever ChangesJoan Armatrading - EponymousLeonard Cohen - Various PositionsJohn Martyn - Solid AirSteely Dan - Pretzel ... |