edgewear
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| The quest for the hot stamper or is it a myth Ah, the hot stamper, the one thing the record does not reveal. But there's nothing mysterious about it.Most record companies have - sometimes elaborate - information on the dead wax that will tell you what cutting engineer, lacquer, mother and sta... | |
| Anyone try the replica B-60 Fidelity Research VTA? Well, you're not actually! I'm also looking for the B-60, but since I'm not prepared to pay the going price for an original, let alone the new price for the (identical) Ikeda version, this will probably remain so. I even have a Micro AX-8G armbase... | |
| Another favorite cartridge vanishes.. Dynavector 17D3. GONE! replaced.. @rauliruegas Which makes you wonder all the more why current top level cartridges have to cost in excess of 10k.Now I'm aware that the Lapis would probably cost the same in today's money, but it is hardly the only vintage cartridge that is competi... | |
| Another favorite cartridge vanishes.. Dynavector 17D3. GONE! replaced.. @rauliruegas Yes, you are correct. I found some pictures on the web that clearly show as much. Oh well, at least the stylus was polished by human hair....... (this Van den Dungen character sure had a weird sense of humor). But even refurbished wit... | |
| Magnepan 3.6qr VS 1.7i Good decision! The forums mentioned will tell you all you need to know, but here’s my take.To the best of my knowledge the loosening wire issue was solved with the introduction of the 3.5, when they changed the glue. So you shouldn’t experience th... | |
| Another favorite cartridge vanishes.. Dynavector 17D3. GONE! replaced.. @rauliruegas I believe that the Kiseki Lapis Lazuli also had a one piece diamond stylus/cantilever. I have one, but my sample was already re-tipped by vdHul when it came in my possession. Despite not being original anymore, it still sounds pretty ... | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD @geoffkait 'Less wobbling equals less jitter' It's true that Japanese cd's are better centered than most others. This is easy enough to see with the 'open' transport bay of my Bow cd player. Perhaps the player needs less error correction, because ... | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD @geoffkait 'The future is here!'Well, there you go. I don't waste much time going through used cd bins, because most of what you see is mid price and budget price reissue crap. For example, where I live you hardly ever see full price first edition... | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD @geoffkait Interesting observation. Not just cd players seem to be aiming at a more processed sound, recent cd reissues apparently go in the same direction. From an audiophile point of view this is indeed not good. All this manipulation of the dat... | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD @chrisoshea,With this 'logic' one should probably not buy used records either. One never known how it has been handled, how often it was played and with what stylus, does one? Glad it isn't my logic, or else I wouldn't have any records.......It ha... | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD @prof + 1Very similar to my story, but at least 'Prof' was smart enough to keep his vinyl records. I was so stupid to fall for the 'perfect sound' hype and sold my records around 1988 and entirely switched to cd's. With hindsight it wasn't just co... | |
| Tonearms: Ripoff? @daveyf Of course you're right and it's not just the subjective priorities of the listener (aka as 'taste'). We also have to account for the synergy (or not) with the turntable and the rest of the system. Not to mention the system / room interface... | |
| Tonearms: Ripoff? Finally, the two 'rip off' threads have joined forces. Now the ugly truth can be revealed. Huh? Well, it seems that judgement calls about the 'value' of tonearms and MC cartridges as isolated items are not very useful. The synergy between tonearm ... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... @daveyf Oh yes, the system is broken and it definitely needs to change. And change it will: capitalist society cannot exist without the prospect of infinite economic growth and obviously that’s not possible. It seems we’re getting closer and close... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... @daveyf Perhaps you should look at this from a different angle. We all know perfectly well there's a global consumer market in which 10k is considered pocket change. It is precisely this market that these cartridges are aimed at. They are just tro... |