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| Cartridge suggestions Re: LP Gear The VesselDesigned by LP Gear in collaboration with Excel Sound Corp. in Japan. Excel also makes cartridges for Sumiko, TAD and many others and they also sells cartridges under their own Hana brand. The Vessel uses styluses and cantile... | |
| Any opinions on the Thorens TD 148a Thorens took the base chassi and automatics from the TD240-2, and put it into a solid high-quality MDF-frame. They upgraded the motor, the electronic control circuits for the motor, internal wiring and contacts, added a glass platter on top that i... | |
| Anybody out there re-cantilever their cartridge with a Soundsmith Contact Line diamond ? Interesting thread... :)My take on this is that, sure - if you have your cartridge rebuild by SoundSmith or someone else with similar rebuild-offering, the cartridge will not come back as being the same as the original and it will not sound the sa... | |
| a dilemma for cartridge/phono stage combination The Pro-Ject DS2 is not a "true" tube phono pre. It only uses the tubes in the output stage, as a buffer, sort of a "sound processor". The input and amplification stage is transistor based. Tubes is only used to colour the sound. This is the same ... | |
| a dilemma for cartridge/phono stage combination I have and love the Benz MC Silver. It has a clean, clear, rythmic and detailed sound with a great sense of presence. The MC Gold is essentially the same cartridge but with lower output and because of this a slightly lower mass. In theory this wou... |