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Miyajima MADAKE experience Hi lewm: didn’t know about Chakster’s absence. He was a generous contributor and I hope that may continue. I’ve been heavily invested in the high mass approach but over the last couple of years I seem to have lost that lovin’ feeling. This Miyaji... | |
Miyajima MADAKE experience Hi: I’m late to the party too but I don’t want to start a redundant thread. I found a Japan-only Miyajima called the Mature Studio BE. A retipper examined the stylus and said it was a Shibata in very good condition. I wrote to Miyajima and they in... | |
Are vintage DHTs an ephemeral object of desire? Custom built in Japan with vintage Hirata Tango transformers. | |
Are vintage DHTs an ephemeral object of desire? It’s done with a switch. | |
Otomon Labs. Soundgate Japan Yes molsburg, I’m using a Manley Steelhead phono and a Manley 300B Classic linesatge. There are volume knobs on the front of the chassis but they have a limited range.i find them very good for balancing the stereo channels. | |
Otomon Labs. Soundgate Japan Ken is very cool. He just made a 45/2A3 convertible amp for me.i have at least 50 years of experience with Hi-Fi and this is the sound I’ve been searching for. Only caveat: you must have speakers that are 96 to97 dB efficiency. Otherwise, the amp ... | |
HELP!!! Wadia DI122 and tidal Hello bjensen - did you ever resolve this problem? I can only get 44.1 to display even though (I think) I’m streaming DSD tracks from my iPad.regards,rpm33 | |
Nature of Koetsu carts Btw I’m running an Ikeda 345 tonearm (heavy) with theidler drive Jean Nantais Mk ll. Jean seems to have a thingfor Koetsu carts and this looks like a good combination to me. Any comments? | |
Modern carts based on ortofon spu? I’ve seen an almost conventional cart from Ortofon.i believe it is called the Royal. One just needs anOrtofon headshell to mount it. | |
Nature of Koetsu carts Maybe I should buy that Urushi after all. The re-tipping program is rather expensive though. Thanks for the input gentlemen. | |
Looking for a Phono pre around 1K Have you seen the Sutherland PH3D? Runs on a pack of 16 D cells. Playing timeis said to be 1200 hours and has been derived from more expensive units bythis company. | |
Tonearm recommendation Go for the DP-8. Get the heavy wand option. No bearing to speak of. Brilliant design. Case closed lol. |