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The nightmare of the cartridge buyer...
I have a mark Levinson mlc1 cartridge from around 1981. It has been retipped twice by van den hull and the suspension has lasted more than 32 years. I am going to send it to Torlai in Italy to get it repaired.I have ordered a Benz LP.S 
The nightmare of the cartridge buyer...
What I wanted to say is 2juki seems a serious man but buying a aux is a different thing.On pinkishmedia the English official importer said that it's s rare than zyx cartridge need retipping as the suspension generally fails or get jammed up with d... 
The nightmare of the cartridge buyer...
You guys have seen too many James Bond movies. As against Chakster’s experience with 2juki, there are many others who have had good experiences buying from him. (I purchased a used, vintage tonearm from him, not a cartridge, and I was very pleased... 
Retip for zyx
To tooblue,You are lucky enough to get 2000 hours on your zyx. My airy 3 suspension at less than 1000 hours was destroyed and on my French forum 6 members got reliability problem with zyx, so for my next cartridge I have bought from another compan... 
Retip for zyx
To lewm and chaksterIt would be very useful for everybody if you could make a shout out between an original zyx and the retipped one. 
Retip for zyx
I have a zyx airy 3. The problem is the exchange price for all these cartridge. If you have a van den hull cartridge, it cost peanuts to get it retipped , very honest. 
The nightmare of the cartridge buyer...
In fact van den hull cartridges are cheap to retip by the builder. 
The nightmare of the cartridge buyer...
I got the same problem as you a few years back so I needed to rely on other audiophiles guy and specially on one of them who has the same taste in classical music as I have. I heard  zyx, ,koetsu,  air tight... on a high end turntable and finish b... 
Personal Turntable Evolution
1977 Lenco L 75 shure 75s1980 rega planar 3 mayware arm1986 rega planar 3 rega arm1989 pink triangle pt too rega arm2011 tweaked Lenco 752013 160 lb Lenco, massive aluminium plinth, origin liveConqueror arm, zyx airy 3. Will add a lite audio power... 
Artisan Fidelity Achates SE
It seemed, following artisan audio site , that the monarchy audio is discontinued and they recommend LITE P 100 instead. 
Comparing Classe' Audio's DR9 with Krell's ksa300s
I have the same experience as I use 2 DR9 bridged with apogee speakers. As soon as I found an rca mit 350 twin cable of 20 feet for a good price I shall compare xlr and rca. 
Pre-Amp Shootout
Many thanks for this very informative review. 
Anyone replace the power cord on 1200G?
On my lenco with massive aluminium plinth a shielded AC cord was easily better.Then putting the TT on the ground was another improvment. In the sixties the TT in Europ has just a two pins AC cord. 
Valves. Brimar Mazda ECC83 grey ladders plates NOS 1962-1972
I have a doge 8 pre, and Lua is the name for doge in Germany...In fact it depends a lot of your taste and the CD player.On my pre the Mazda grey plate was common, I prefer the silver plate but in Somme occasion people may found it too bright.For m... 
Review: MIT Magnum 3 series III Proline Interconnect
I am a bite late but I found your review very informative.I have settled on mit interconnect as I have panels and they marry well and I love fine soundstage.Curious, what cables have you now?Kind regards    Gilles