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| VAS (Steven Leung) cartridge repair/retipping service? Absolutely. I'm currently running an Accuphase AC2 which I purchased without a stylus on it off ebay. I had another re-tipper re-work that cartridge about 4-5 months ago with a Namiki boron cantilever/microridge stylus combination and it is a beau... | |
| VAS (Steven Leung) cartridge repair/retipping service? Hi Bill:I don't need another cartridge right now but I have to admit that I was watching that one that Steve had online for sale LOL. The price was pretty attractive I thought ;)I believe Steve retipped that with a FG stylus but I am curious: do ... | |
| trying to understand the Linn motor Improved power supplies for AC Motors like the Linn Lingo and VPI SDS will typically provide start up voltage (in North America) around 110-115 volts necessary to start the motor and achieve rotation of the platter. Once that rotation is achieved ... | |
| Budget phono stage under $100, cheap but refined, does it exist? Buy this and be done with it. Lots of reviews out there. http://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649487624-project-phono-box-2/ | |
| Cartridge new or used ? No problem buying used. Preference is for them to actually be broken. Broken cantilever, missing stylus. Open coil would not interest me. Off to the retipper once received. | |
| What about diamond cantilever/stylus combo Nandric:I was involved in a group buy of boron/microridge stylus/cantilever assemblies that a dealer on another forum organized earlier this year from Namiki. His initial thought was to pursue a diamond cantilever/stylus option but the volume pric... | |
| JC3+ With Kleos SL? I’m with Catcher. With 90%+ of the systems out there 64 dB will be plenty of gain for a .25 mV cartridge. You could drop to .2 mV and likely have no problem for lack of gain unless you’re running a system with a passive preamp or horribly ineffici... | |
| Denon DP-59L TT - straight arm or s-shaped arm? According to the manual at vinylengine you would either need the medium counterweight (capable of balancing up to 10 grams including mounting hardware) or you would need to add mass to the back of your existing counterweight in the form of washers... | |
| Retip for zyx Don't let him get you down tooblue LOL. I commend you for offering it up. Would be interesting to hear someone's impression of both; that is for sure. | |
| Retip for zyx Lew: If you only have a few hundred hours on that Koetsu I wouldn’t even think of retipping it until you hit 1500-1800 hours. As long as it’s sounding good and the suspension is good just let it do its thing and enjoy it. My guess is that the bass... | |
| Denon DL 103 modifications and re-body questions thread https://www.audioasylum.com/reviews/Phono-Cartridge/Uwe-s-Wood-Body-Denon-103-103R/Ebony-Wood-Body/vinyl/69/694577.html I wrote that review in 2007. Used a Uwe ebony body, a generic aluminum body and another body in clavellin from Uwe. Found the e... | |
| Retip for zyx @lewm Lew: I think your post above (and Jonathan Carr's similar advice from 2013) in retipping with "like for like" is very important. I've retipped 5 different cartridges with two different retippers in the past 6-7 years with 3 different cantile... | |
| Denon DL 103 modifications and re-body questions thread I think you have done the right thing buying the generic. The one I would recommend would still be available at $42 U.S. on ebay. Very slightly different than the one I used in the past but these bodies are all CNC machined and very similar in mas... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... @daveyf I certainly wouldn’t be interested in paying the full retail price for any of the uber cartridges as I don’t feel that they would represent good value for me based on my system and having heard a number of them in a system much better than... | |
| Boron Cantilever and Ruby Cantilever, Why Ruby? Chakster: You are completely missing my point which in this thread is much less about retips in general and more about the two different stylus mounting techniques. You obviously feel the through mount is superior; I am not absolutely convinced. ... |