travbrow
Responses from travbrow
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Raul, yes I did purchase an Audio Technica AT 1100. I’ve read very good opinions on its performance with the higher compliance cartridges. It looks to be very well engineered compared to most of the “standard” type tonearms. It iwill be interes... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, I’ll keep a look out for Audio Technica AT-1100. Unfortunately the Japanese seller doesn’t include the cable and doesn’t negotiate his pricing. There’s one on eBay Australia in excellent condition, but this guy won’t ship to USA. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, I plan to keep the stylus I bought from you. If you didn’t inspect it assuming since it was NOS there wouldn’t be any issues, I understand. I’ll use it either without the guard or install the guard off my old stylus. Another tonearm questio... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul it isn’t a little loose it’s broken loose. The cantilever isn’t that bad, but its slanted. I always check things before I sell and ship them and these issues could of been easily identified and explained to the potential buyer. I don’t know h... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I know I’ll never buy anything from Raul again. He sold me a “NOS” stylus for my Empire 1000ze/x. Same exact type I received from Bluz Bros except in worse condition. Slightly slanted cantilever and the guard is fked up, is loose and Won’t stay l... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Chakster, the bearings in my 100MKII were original. I sent the counterweight for repair and refill with fluid. Everything inside of the counterweight was fine except the seal. I was out of the hobby for a while and that’s why I sold most of my vin... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Also there’s some interesting new models that aren’t real expensive. The Audiomods is interesting and the MG 1 air bearing caught my eye. Though I’ll probably either build another DIY tonearm or try and find a vintage arm for cheap to restore. I t... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Chakster the bearings were perfect in my 100MKII just that it leaked damping fluid. Got it “repaired” and refilled, It was a great performer but not a huge upgrade over the EPA 500 IMO. I sold it at a high price so it was a good investment. Under ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I’ve owned a few Technics EPA 500 with a variety of arm wands except the one with removable headshell (A250). I’ve also owned the Technics EPA 100MK2. Though the 100MK2 is impressive looking and user friendlier with the removable headshell. They t... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Just another correction regarding Empire 1000ZE/x replacement styli. Empire did in fact change the cantilever design for this. The first originals were nude diamond with a larger cantilever. The later or last version uses a much smaller cantilever... | |
| Tone Arm board material The stuff I used was tan colored “plastic damping sheet” I bought from small parts years ago, which I think is no longer in business. The material was meant for damping of electronic chassis etc. | |
| Tone Arm board material I’ve read that a plain old aluminum/MDF/aluminum “sandwich” has very good damping properties. I’ve made a Lenco based turnable plinth a few years ago from aluminum. It’s two layers of aluminum with a thin layer of damping material in between, I ca... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, I think the 100K recommended is for playing CD4 quad channel records, because of the need to read the highest frequency spectrum for the quad channels. It sounds balanced and extended with 47k with my setup. I could change out the loading r... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? halcro, If the 610LX shares qualities of both high end MM and MC designs it would be impressive. More hours on the Empire 4000DIII and it did improve. The highs are the best I can remember compared to any cartridge I owned. The midrange performanc... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Chakster, I did buy the top model 610LX. The low priced Azzurra looks to be a nice low budget option. |