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Dear @wlutke  : Accuracy at 100% is just that we can be " there ". So, this " battle " is losted before we arrived to it. The first hand experiences by almost all audiophiles is that always we are out of target and the issue is that your ears alo... 
Cartridge Change Overhang Difference-Fixed Headshell
Well obviously exist higher tracking error and this means higher tracking distortions. If overhang change in any geometry kind alignment it needs to change too the P2S distance to mantain that alignment parameters. The calculated set up parameter... 
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@mijostyn : The last on those vintage diamond cantilever cartridges that used natural diamond was the Audio Technica MC 1000. After AT all diamond cantilevers are synthetic. R.  
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Dear @lewm  : It can looks that way but it's not builded of one pice, this is absolutely sure. Not even its vintage top of the line 13D.   R.  
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@mijostyn : " I cannot say there is any advantage in a diamond cantilever over boron, ruby or cactus spine.. " There are one critical advantage of diamond for cantilevers and it’s about stifness ( Young Modulus ) where diamond hast the higher YM... 
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Dear @tomic601 : No, chackster owns no single cartridge with cantilever diamond even he does not likes LOMC that are the only cartridges with diamond cantilevers. chackster here in Agon was a seller of vintage MM/MI cartridges, as a fact when he... 
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Dear @bigwave1  :  You don't have to worry about because that very small distance what it can makes is that instead to have Löfgren A set up you will have Löfgren B that several audioiphiles prefer over A ( Baerwald ).   Btw, very nice room/syst... 
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Dear @mijostyn  " I'm sure your Excel cartridge is excellent, but that is an anecdote. I have seen all sorts of defective styluses and mountings coming from very reputable companies. " First it's not an anecdote Excel quality whole levels as are ... 
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@mijostyn " " When a stylus leaves the groove and bounces back and forth it permanently damages the groove. " All cartridges with out mistracking " leaves the grooves " at microscopic levels because the tracking is not posible that be continuous... 
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Dear @mijostyn : " I never said you can not replace just the stylus tip of some cartridges.. "   ? ? ? ? ? from where came your statement, seems you have a misunderstood because that is not the subjects of my post to you. What’s going on ? ? ? ... 
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Dear @mijostyn  : With all respect but you are " wrong " on that stylus issue and you have to " learn " a little about and other thing that you need to " learn " is who in hell is Excel the manufacturer of Hana, Etsuro and some other top today and... 
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Dear @dayglow  : With all respect 2 things: first the KR is inferior in quality level performance that the Umami Red and second there are at least 2 Umami Red revirews using the Lyra Atlas at 11.6 grs.. The OP has not to worry about.   R.  
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@rvpiano  : Classical orchestra recording scores almost always are a challenge for cartridge/tonearm/phono stage.. I love those kind of recordings where several of them I experienced live.   R.  
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@mijostyn : " It leans towards the bass.." that says to me not a good or to good performer. No, you are unstable because you are as you said still in the " trip ". Every 2-4 months you post that " this or that is the Best cartridge ever heard " ... 
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Dear @marshinski15  :  I never listen in any system your Rega cartridge but I listened in at least 4 systems ( inlcuding mine ) the Umami Red and is a excellent performers and no the Ortofon Windfeld is not better but different. My advise is that...