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| Cartridges better than Colibri XGP? Dear Audiofeil: I never had problems like the ones you posted. Due to that I have mounted so many tonearms/cartridges in my TT's time to time I " suffer " " bent cantilever accidents ", well four times with my Colibri and in each one the Van den H... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Lewm: Remember that your TLZ was 500.00 in 1988, make your numbers.I will test the Amber again and let you know.Btw, I never see it second hand, good luck.regards and enjoy the music,Raul. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Siniy123: Motivated on your post and one from other person about the Audio Technica AT-155LC ( that I owned once and remember it as a good performer. ) I buy a NOS stylus replacement and a cartridge body, all these is coming so in around two ... | |
| Cartridges better than Colibri XGP? Dear Pentatonia: Better than...?, this fact is dependent on the tpnearm match for a cartridge, the analog rig where it will work, whole audio system performance, your quality performanve priorities and many other factors.I like the Colibri as othe... | |
| Time to move on from my old SOTA ? Dear Larseand: I concur with Stanwal about the SOTA ( keep it, like others agree too. ) and on the GST-801 tonearm: very good too ( keep it. ).I don't know where Stanwal read Grace for a cartridge but anyway you can make it better in that analog r... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Lewm: I think that that Grado suspension needs a " refresh ", 20 years are 20 years!The Grado Amber is a top cartridge and due that does not needs additional gain like the Grado Statement maybe is even better than this one.Here you can buy it... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Jlin: Yes you are right and yes definetely there is no advantage on that kind of cartridge mounting designs.Regards and enjoy the music,raul. | |
| Allnic Verito Z:Owners and those familiar Dear Gersimon: I'm sorry but ARC never been my kind of reference standard and I know very well that series you mentioned.In the other side that Louis recording is superb no doubt about.regards and enjoy the music,raul. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Lewm: As Dave states the VTF for that Grado is 1.5grs. These are other cartridge specs:channel separation at 1K: 35db and at 10K: 20db, output level: 2.2mv, stylus radius: 0.15x0.9.They say is a Flux bridge design.Now, I own the Grado Amber T... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Dean_man: Not really surprises but a new way of thinking on the integrated-headshell-cartridges.I was ready to buy an ADC one but I stop to think if there is a real advantage on this kind of cartridge mounting design and I can't find any that... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Lewm: Good to read your really first experience with the " new " cartridge alternative, welcome aboard!This is a good notice for you and IMHO the very good news is that the best wil/is coming when you test and enjoy the other cartridges in yo... | |
| Allnic Verito Z:Owners and those familiar Dear Tpsonic: The " lamb " attitude is a common one all over the high end audio industry.We receive new cartridges with a little bent cantilevers or a stylus tiny out of center in cantilever place, amplifiers with different gain/output impedance a... | |
| Allnic Verito Z:Owners and those familiar Dear Matt: Maybe the differences in our each one opinion on the subject is biased for our each one refrence today standards on quality performance.Mine already changed in the last few months thank's to " new " cartridge alternatives. Today my stan... | |
| Allnic Verito Z:Owners and those familiar Dear Matt: You are right audio is not " simple " and I don't mean in that plain sense but: imagine that you pay 2.8K ( big money ) for an audio item where no one knows that to perform good you have to add those ebony " devices " , I'm sorry but th... | |
| Allnic Verito Z:Owners and those familiar Dear Gersimon: The cartrridge was not mine but of a friend and with more than 100 hours on it. I test it in two different tonearms with different headshells. It performs better in some than in others but the whole cartridge performance is ( like I... |