rauliruegas

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You've run some pretty fancy MC's, but the _______ MM cartridge really impressed me
@lewm  : Philips had not much sucess with its cartridges. As a fact I knew Philips on cartridges thank's to the " euphoria " to discovery new MM cartridges in that long MM thread and I found out my sample GP 412MK3 through ebay. No other gentleman... 
You've run some pretty fancy MC's, but the _______ MM cartridge really impressed me
@lewm : This is the Sonotone that MA made reference. Btw, contrary to the MA ceramic/electret the Philips has a lean bass ( - 1.5db at 50hz to 500hz. ) that you correctly listened :   https://www.vinylengine.com/library/sonotone/9ta.shtml   R.... 
You've run some pretty fancy MC's, but the _______ MM cartridge really impressed me
Sorry, here it's:   https://www.ebay.es/itm/334752763437?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=1185-53479-19255-0&campid=5337478673&toolid=10001&customid=165e1106-edd3-11ed-b994-623161363362     R.  
You've run some pretty fancy MC's, but the _______ MM cartridge really impressed me
Dear @lewm : As always there is nothing " new " about that cartridge. As a fact Micro Acoustics was who had more susccess about but they not named " ceramic ":.   """ The Micro-Acoustics cartridges had a different construction than Sonotone. Th... 
You've run some pretty fancy MC's, but the _______ MM cartridge really impressed me
Dear @fjn04  : I think that today HO cartridges inside your price range are The Nagaoka  MP-500 and agree with @mijostyn  for the Goldring 1042.  The stylus tip of the Goldring is the same that uses Ortofon in its 9K LOMC cartridges, the Replican... 
Cartridge question
Dear Viridian :  Gyger makes the Replicant 100 for Ortofon and in its site you can read the Replicant 100 specs and use a radius of 100, that's why the name Replicant 100. Giger makes other model ( s) with bigguer radius. Here you can read the ov... 
Cartridge question
Dear @viridian : You are just rigth: VTF and stylus shape are different concepts.   Several years ago Ortofon left very clear why they suddenly and especially in its MC models changed to way higher VTF that in the past because the MC audiophile... 
Cartridge question
Dear @rocky1313  : You own a TT and 3 cartridges, so thwe first step to your question no one but you already have it:   listen to each one of those cartridges looking for the " best " overall quality level performance that goes with your MUSIC p... 
Third Party Services - Phono Cartridge - Retip - Refurbish - Rebuild Services.
Dear friends: In this forum thread ( 6 pages ) are almost all retippesr/services for phono cartridges that includes Joseph Long that's excellent and as I said in other thread he makes recoil as Northwest and a few others:   Cartridge Repairs, Re... 
Concrete Slabs
Dear @dogberry  : As mijostyn said: you have not or are in trouble down there.  So let it as it's, there is no reasons to change what's in rigth/good operation. Makes no sense to change it.   Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS, R.  
Direct Cut Metal Mastering vinyl - the best I've heard
In my last sentecces I was refering to : " that DMM LPs LIST ", not about the digital ones.   R.    
Direct Cut Metal Mastering vinyl - the best I've heard
@williewonka    I think that that at  the end almost all today LP labels take advantage of the " desperation "  of audiophiles waiting for the next version of MUSIC they like it from the same artists. In the DG recording times exist only one vers... 
Direct Cut Metal Mastering vinyl - the best I've heard
Dear @williewonka  : Here some history of the DMM recording proccess that could explain something on your last post. Even that your question is why not?:   https://www.gammaelectronics.xyz/audio_04-1987_dmm.html   R.  
Direct Cut Metal Mastering vinyl - the best I've heard
Dear @williewonka : I don’t know the quality level on Parlophone recordings because I never had the opportunity to listen a DMM from that label but the best overall quality level DMM LP recordings came/comes by Stockfish label. I own several fro... 
Retip lyra delos and upgrade
Dear @gakerty  : He has several retip options that other retipers do not handle in their catalogue list. Even he can recoil that's a task that almost the other retipers just don't do it. He is a trusty and friendly gentleman. Recomended.   R.