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| Vintage vs newer phono cartridge Keep. Use. Enjoy. https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/rebuild-monster-cable-alpha-2.705478/ https://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue49/omega.htm and so on.exhibit A: In what now seems like another lifetime, I was sitting in an audiobud... | |
| When did audio goners now have to pay to see the book value of equipment?? hifishark is the best place on the planet to see pricing for the given item, in the now and in the past 3-4-5 years. The blue book or anything else out there, simply cannot compete. Not even close.hifishark is head and shoulders above anyone and a... | |
| To re-cap or not to re-cap? That is the question The capacitors in a 80's amplifier will be dried out. No doubt about it.re-cap it. It does not matter that most capacitors will measure ok. Audio gear is like a rope under load. You can't allow any part along the way to fail, as a minimal failure... | |
| What is it in MM that can give me goose-bumps? 🤔 @justmetoo I’ve played with the exact aspects you speak of and it is tied directly to the chakster illustrated points. and I’ve fixed them. At which point a good MC done this way starts to sound more like a high quality MM, with the majority of al... | |
| From Canada to USA - buying used stereo from private sale Canada is not trouble. I’ve literally shipped thousands of items into the USA. UPS and FED-EX are the ’easier’ to deal with, regarding the paperwork filing and filling and the guarantee of delivery... Whereas Canada Post to USPS and then delivery ... | |
| Ortofon stylus broke ?! If it was nude mounted on the cantilever this can aggravate or enable the loss of the stylus, compared to bonded stylus systems. a quick check..says...nude mounted but on a sapphire cantilever? with that cantilever, it has to be bonded. (glued) By... | |
| Does pin hole in woofer affect sound quality? A pinhole will affect the sound qualities, but mostly in the transient mix aspect of the resonant tail of harmonic structure. | |
| What is it in MM that can give me goose-bumps? 🤔 Micro-dynamics in proper scale with macro-dynamics for MC carts is generally a function of low moving mass combined with low output. This, with the least amount of added noise, which tends to exclude active MC head amps, due to very low signal lev... | |
| Does Anyone Think CD is Better Than Vinyl/Analog? The thing about digital is you have to look at source issues for converting to digital formats. once turned to digital the information is brick walled, nothing more can be retrieved from it. The next point is that there is a fundamental flaw in al... | |
| What Was Your Favorite “Game Changer” Moment? That fabulous moment when I said ’One MILLION dollars!! Sorry. that was in Austin Powers.What I mean, was that ...when I named our new cable (The) "Game Changer’ and found out just then, that it was an over abused term, already. as for the interne... | |
| Cables 101, new student, first question I’ve used everything from freebie patch cords to $4k Synergistic Research Atmosphere Level III Euphoria. I’ve done a budget system where the total cost was $1200 and I’ve put a $2k interconnect in that system. So I know what I’m talking about. Oh... | |
| Overrated/Underrated Over rated: all other cable brands Under rated: Teo Audio Cables How could it be any other way? Pop goes that weasel, no surprises there. Every night when I go out the monkey’s on the table. Take a stick and knock it off Pop goes the weasel. http... | |
| Teach me about cartridge 'retipping' Chakster is right, though. Answers about quality and capacity to recognize quality, must be qualified. the old analog crew with the greatest level of knowledge and lore, is pretty well gone. and there are people celebrating their new carts as bein... | |
| Thoughts on Magnetically-Shielded Cables? The only thing any magnetism or ferrite effect will do to a audio cable is blunt transients and smear the residual/shifted transients in time. which will sometimes make the transients seem louder or as increased detail, due to being out of positio... | |
| What piece(s) of gear did you sell/give away that you would like to have back? Mint SAEC 407/23 tonearm. Gave it to a friend.Mint TD125 MKII w/SME 3009 arm. Same, gave it to a friend. |