chakster
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| So many new TT's at lower price, still better off buying used? If you know the history and age of a table you will get much more buying used. Most audiophiles treat their equipment very well and have upgrade fever every few years so its not uncommon to find very nice equipment a few years old at a deep discou... | |
| Phono preamp/cartridge recommendations This is superb phono stage for MM cartridges, also nice for LOMC.http://www.customanalogue.com/jlti_phono_stage.htm shipping included in the price:AUD 1490 = USD 1070 for the latest mk5, i think it's great price I have previous version without tha... | |
| New Technics turntables GR must be better than 1500cThe GR is more expensive without cart and phono stage which is included in the lower price semi-automatic 1500c @boofer | |
| New Technics turntables @boofer So, the consensus is to buy the 1200 GR even though you don’t want or need DJ features? The ONLY "dj feature" is pitch control fader, which is actually a very nice feature even for audiophiles. If you don’t want to change a pitch of musi... | |
| cartridge recommendation I do think the Grados are a good value and sound good, but it i haven't used one since the mid-'80s or so, so cannot tell you about their current products or their sound. @whart Joseph Grado Signature XTZ was the best model in the '80s I rem... | |
| CD Got Absolutely Crushed By Vinyl If the usability is the main reason people use CDs then digital files is far more superior, because you can listen forever and make playlist with the tracks you want to hear ignoring all the "bad" songs on the album you prefer to skip. For the sam... | |
| cartridge recommendation first, the article about Doug Sax is a bit old and I think that things changed from there. Things changed, manufacturers start pushing super expensive LOMC as the ONLY way to reach audio nirvana and they are still doing it. I’ve returned from mod... | |
| cartridge recommendation Grado can’t compete with any cartridge from my list above.I have Grado Signature XTZ as the reference Grado i think i prefer a new cartilage. None of the new MM/MI for $500 is equal to those rare ones from the hey day of MM/MI. Manufacturers ask ... | |
| CD Got Absolutely Crushed By Vinyl Everything DIGITAL gets outdated pretty fast, the software, the gear, the source ... everything. Just like the computers, smart phones. You can throw them away in a few years. The Analog is the opposite story. 40-50 years old records are still icr... | |
| New Technics turntables @best-groove I will tell later the story of an owner of SP 10II who sold this to take a 1200GR and what he thinks. yes, please | |
| cartridge recommendation i’m not sure you can get those cartridges like the stanton today.when you talk about "AT-ML150 with MicroLine stylus"you mean something like this? You can get every cartridge from cartridge collectors on audiogon, including some extremely rare un... | |
| cartridge recommendation The pinnacle of MM is 70s/80s production, not sure if you’re familiar with this MM thread with a lot of discoveries. With your budget you can buy great MM or MI cartridge for sure, the Glanz (Mitachi Corporation) for example patented MF (Moving Fl... | |
| New Technics turntables I don’t want to say what is better when it comes to an old High-End classics like the SP-10 mkII (which i’ve been using for 5 years) ... and new Technics tunrtables released in the past few years. I think a classic is an option, anyone can buy a n... | |
| cartridge recommendation He can explain better, just watch his lectures:https://youtu.be/F65mODzn4Gkhttps://youtu.be/WmwnN_T_wW8and you will understand what's the difference between MI and MC | |
| cartridge recommendation WTL tonearm normally goes well with Dynavector cartridges, but those cartridges have relatively high compliance for MC. They are also LOMC (low output), but 23RS MR or 17DS can be found for $500, for this price they are absolutely amazing. If you’... |