chakster
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| Seeking advice on several specific MC Step Up Transformers Just use a phono stage like Gold Note PH-10 with many gain option, fully adjustable. You don't need a SUT | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? @travbrow Some Empires are black over clear, as is my Empire 4000DIII. Nothing inferior about it regarding sound quality in my experience. It’s still nude mounted into the cantilever. If it's nude then it's fine. But Bonded vs Nude is a huge di... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? The diamond on this one is black over a small clear section compared to all clear of the used stylus. When you see something like that it is a Bonded diamond, not a Nude One. Bonded diamonds are inferior and much cheaped than Nude diamonds (they ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Most of the sellers are playin' fools, but once someone poited out that a cartridge stylus is fake then why they’re still selling them as originals ? Everyone has a right for mistake, but since the buyers explained them it is not the original and ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? The problem with top vintage carts is that if we do not buy styli today they will cost more tomorrow. Or we need a time machine to go back in the 80s for them :) | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? @jpjones3318 I got lucky with 205c mk4 as stated in my earlier posts, however i really doubt it is even possible to find healthy one. They are all lowriders, even unused samples, at least in my experience, i've tried many samples. The 205 mk3 does... | |
| How much difference will a phono stage upgrade make? You'll see that Kevin Deal highly recommends the Chinook with the Primaluna as a good match. Kevin Deal is a tube dealer, what else he can recommend? He also a dealer of Manley Lab. gear. Gold Note PH-10 is a new generation of SS phono stages... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? @travbrow Chakster, I loved the ML170 I once owned. I bought it used for around $200.00. Eventually One channel went dead, I managed to get it apart and the hair thin wire of one coil was detached and I couldn’t get it resoldered. Got frustrated ... | |
| stanton str 8 80 ? Yes, i dislike Stanton Group products, but i like the Stanton Magnetics Inc produsts. Two different companies from two different eras. Not everyone clearly understand it. I'm just trying to put the things together: cheap DJ turnable, Short tonearm... | |
| stanton str 8 80 ? It’s funny to compare extremely expensive ViV Rigid Float tonearm (price tag is over $2k) to cheap as chips Stanton tonearm with price tag under $100. They are designed for two different audience, completely different. ViV is for critical audiophi... | |
| stanton str 8 80 ? You'd better ask Stanton Tech about tonearm geometry, null points and cartridge alignment with this short straight tonearm with no offset angle. Stanton was a good company until its founder Walter O. Stanton retired and sold it in the 90's. Since ... | |
| stanton str 8 80 ? "On small arm" ? What are you talking about ?Your Stanton turntable has a very short and straight arm with no offset angle at all. This is very strange decision, despite the fact that this is a turntable for teenagers wanna be a djs. I’m sure you ... | |
| Very impressed with my stylus upgrade. Is Ortofon using a marketing ploy in forcing a body upgrade as well when changing stylus? YesAt the the end isn’t the stylus the most important part of analog playback above all else? If you’re using different styli on the same cartridge body the... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? The AT-ML 180 OCC or OFC is clearly much better cartridge than original Technics EPC-205c mk4. Here is a pair of my 205c mk4 , i also tried Jico SAS Boron on it and also had refurbished 205c mk4 by Axel. So have tried every possible variation of 2... | |
| What's your go-to cheapie cartridge? The best Grado stylus for any Grado Black, Gold etc cartridge body is XTZ, huge upgrade, but expensive. The XTZ was designed by Joseph Grado for his Signature Grado XTZ cartridge (discountinued model), but the styli still available from Grado. |