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| Fidelity Research cartridges Steve, Jonathan may be able to shed some light on this but as far as I know, there was no business relationship between Ikeda-san of FR and Sony Soundtec. The magnet structure is different, and I thought the XL-55 and 88 have different coil concep... | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high Pär,Just in case the posting rules might not allow him to say so, Atmasphere is the manufacturer of a tube-based fully-differential balanced phono stage embedded in his all-tube fully-differential balanced preamps (either the MP-1 or MP-3) found h... | |
| Vintage Denon Direct Drive Turntable Lewm, I anxiously await pics. If you have any comparisons against other tables, I for one would love to hear them. Mine remain in wood plinths (both my -80 and my -75) so I can only expect what I would hear (though an air-bearing or magnetic-float... | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high Echoes of the "old skool" thread are coming out, and that was not the first big analog thread this year which got the magic eraser applied to it. If participants state what they state, disagree with one another, rebut once, rebut twice, then agree... | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high Axel, the "failure to communicate" line is actually from CoolHand Luke.I think you might be looking for...Hartmann: I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your Senior Drill Instructor. From now on, you will speak only when spoken to, and the first and las... | |
| What are the treasures in your vinyl library? My current "front five" on the stack are:1) Cootie Williams Sextet & Orchestra "Original Hit Recordings from 1944 featuring Bud Powell, "Cleanhead" Vinson, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Pearl Bailey (Phoenix LP-1) 2) Sonny Rollins' Movin' Out (Presti... | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high D,For those of us who WERE pained, I thought that was a Roman (can't remember who offhand, but my 3rd-year Latin teacher was always good for a pithy quote)But yes, it is a handy quote.FWIW, I have seen several people mention wrapping a tonearm tub... | |
| Need a custom amp face plate The other people to talk to might be www.frontpanelexpress.com | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high Axelwahl, I noticed that thread got "lost". Doesn't surprise me. It is a real pity that a lot of decent information/contribution/experience had to get disappeared because a couple of guys couldn't keep their elbows down in a crowd. It's not the fi... | |
| Loricraft and power cord upgrade? Classic jazz, you kinda asked for this... | |
| Product/Genre-Specific "Reference" Threads Guess what I smelled was not flames... Question is whether I was thinking too hard or I hadn't noticed I was smoking something... | |
| Top ten DD turntables of all time? Goocher, the QLY 5F was a mid-series TT, but you can pick them up for a couple of hundred dollars (or less), and as long as it works well, it should be a decent TT (but won't knock the best listed above off their perch). The things I notice go bad... | |
| TT suggestions for a newbie. You say that you do not have a preamp. If you tell us what you do have in your system, we can try to fit together what you would need in order to make it all work.As for auto-return or auto-lift at the end of the record, that was a common feature ... | |
| stock denon 103 vs. zu for my vintage rig Narkleptic, thanks for letting me know. I didn't know of that PL-50 model. I am familiar with the PL-41. | |
| stock denon 103 vs. zu for my vintage rig If the PL-50 is the one I am thinking of from 1980 or so (rosewood veneer - looks like a mini Exclusive P3), and the arm is not damaged, I would not think the issue is with your table by itself, but suggest it is with cart (which is in my opinion ... |