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| Best Cartridge for VPI TNT Hot Rod +JMW12.5+SDS Jackob, it sounds like you got a great bargain on your Black Beauty! At that price, it is an extremely competitive cartridge with any of the ones I mentioned, and I'm sure that is sounds great in your system. Enjoy! | |
| Best Cartridge for VPI TNT Hot Rod +JMW12.5+SDS Jackob, I feel that all the VDH, Clearaudio, and Benz cartridges are way overpriced. They are good cartridges, but their performance levels can be matched or exceeded at far lower price points by other makers. However, I will grant that the 35um c... | |
| New cartridge question Marakanetz, you may be surprised. There is more than one person that holds the opinion that the 501 is in the league with the Helikon, and that the 901 clearly surpasses it. | |
| Best Cartridge for VPI TNT Hot Rod +JMW12.5+SDS I haven't used that arm, but I know others here on Audiogon have used the Lyra Helikon with success on that arm. Out of the group you mentioned, I feel that the Shelter 901 is the best of the lot. It is also the lowest compliance of the 3, and may... | |
| New cartridge question You'll likely be okay with that, but you'll have to turn up the volume knob higher than you are used to doing. If you have any noise at all in your tubes, this will raise the noise floor.Also consider the Shelter 501, if you want to get similar pe... | |
| Odeon Horn Speakers? Well, there was a thread somewhere on here, but I can't find it myself now. At any rate, I'll comment on them for you if you like. This speaker is much better for a triode tube system of low to medium power. This type of speaker is very revealing ... | |
| Tracking Force - Where to set it? The cartridge VTF should be somewhere near the range recommended by the manufacturer. Sometimes going slightly out of the range is okay. High VTF forces, in the range of 2.5g - 3g will not damage records, if the cartridge is designed to work at th... | |
| Cart update: old TT, new electronics Okay, what you need to do is increase the lateral inertia by taping the weight onto the bearing housing, and not the arm. This will increase the lateral mass enough to retain the sonic improvements you heard, but will not affect the vertical mass,... | |
| Arm resonance and other questions.. The arm does resonante with the energy fed back into it from the cartridge. This happens with any arm, but it is not a great thing. A little damping can help, especially at the headshell. Try some self stick felt on the headshell and on the sides ... | |
| Linn Ittok Arm Adjustments The VTA on the Ittok is set on the locking collar that looks like the base, that is attached to the arm board. There is an allen-head set screw on the side. When you loosen it, the arm can slide up-and down in the collar. For initial setting, set ... | |
| Electronics don't matter, Part III My comment to you is to change your moniker from "mythtrip" to "fact-trip", because now you know that this stuff we talk about is not myth. Hopefully, you will now let others know about what you've learned, so that they will also understand that w... | |
| Interconnect help for a NEUTRAL system In my opinion, Cardas cables are "warm" sounding, and not neutral. But they may offset some of the "brightness" of the ML's that you notice. Also, if you have a "brightness" situation, with the ML's, then it is probably best to stay away from silv... | |
| Power Conditioners: Myth, Magic, or Necessary In my opinion, there is little doubt that the needs for power scrubbing is related to the power source in your area. It does vary from one area of the country to another. Urban areas are worst. If you live in a rural area and have few "dirty" user... | |
| What was your latest LP find?? Thanks to Lugnut, I finally did get my copy of "Rickie Lee Jones" on MFSL. It just goes to show you how good the people on this site can be. In just a couple of hours, we arranged a mutually beneficial vinyl trade. This is what it's all about, guy... | |
| What was your latest LP find?? I am also really pissed about not getting to that Rickie Lee Jones MFSL LP in time to buy it off the A'gon classifieds. If anyone out there has a NM Rickie Lee Jones MFSL that they are willing to part with, give me an email. Also looking for a NM ... |