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| Turntable Speed This is quite a good app for iPhone and Android to check your turntable speed. Simply lay your smartphone on the platter. Start the turntable and get a reading:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apkossa.rpmeter&hl=en_IE&gl=US | |
| Tonearms that work well with better Koetsu stone body cartridges +1 for FR 64 S and r 64 Fx. My Koetsu Coralstone sings in both of them. | |
| Should I replace Denon DL-103R with Dynavector DRT-XV1 mounted A 10x more expensive cartridge won`t give you 10x better sound, but I don`t doubt for a second that you will hear an improvement. Your SME IV arm should easily take the upgrade, it is a very good arm IMO.I have several DL 103s and they are very go... | |
| Biggest bang for the buck in retipping a new Denton DL103R SoundSmith will fit your DL 103 R with a ruby cantilever and fineline stylus for less than that. An other Denon retipper is a guy with the nick Needlestein. Google it. I am actually listening to one of his DL 103 retips right now. It will take you... | |
| How old is your cartridge? I have several cartridges that are between 35 and 40 years old:1) Kondo AN Io ii2) Fidelity Research Mc-443) Fidelity Research Mc-1 Mk.3.4) Accuphase AC-1They all still sound good. | |
| How Long Did It Take You To Build Your Dream Setup? 40+ years is what it `s taken me. And I `m not sure that i am done yet. What I do know is that the river of new and changing components has turned into a trickle. I have hardly changed anything in my setup in the last two years. | |
| Avid hifi phono stages I had an Avid Pulsare I which was rebuilt by Avid to a Mk. II. A great phono for the price, IMO, though it was bettered both in soundstaging and dynamics by my Manley Steelhead. | |
| Fidelity Research Cartridges? A short update on the FR Mc 44: For the price, this is a real keeper! Mounted in a FR 121 headshell in a FR 64 Fx arm, it sounds just great, and much better than a similarly priced Denon DL103 R. A good, capable and workmanlike MC. | |
| Phono stage for 0.2mv cartridge? @tooblue Was the cartridge loading the same for all three phono stages? If not, that might explain what you were hearing. | |
| Phono stage for 0.2mv cartridge? You should maybe consider the EAT e-glo. Tubed, and a massive 76 dB of gain. | |
| Fidelity Research Cartridges? Thanks very much for the information, appreciate it! Regards tkr | |
| Manley Chinook - chronic issues tkr, Are you sure your problem was like that described by the OP? Because his problem does not at all sound as simple as a grounding problem really is. What he describes seems most likely due to a bad solder joint or a defective diode or transisto... | |
| Manley Chinook - chronic issues Check your earthing connections. I had a similar problem with my Manley Steelhead, and the solution was to connect everything really tightly to one single earthing point. | |
| Your opinions about KOETSU URUSHI BLUE or VERMILLION tkr, it is that euphoric quality that some of us love about the Koetsu's. You would have to add a lot of weight to the SME V to get the bass right.I use my Koetsu for string quartets and the like not for R+R and rarely for Jazz. The other cartridg... | |
| Your opinions about KOETSU URUSHI BLUE or VERMILLION I have never heard the Vermillion, but have owned the Sky Blue. The Sky Blue had good dynamics and real bass "slam", but was a bit too euphonic for my taste, mounted in an SME V. |