If to sum up records not convenient at all. Takes too much place and if to use cantileverless better no wraps and they have to be clean.
Hard life.
Hard life.
Fidelity Research cartridges
Any FR cartridge experts out there? Raul? Dertonarm? Syntax?
I have had an FR-7 which I bought a while ago. I tried it ever so briefly when I got it on an arm I now recognize as not being able to handle that weight (close, but no cigar). I just now pulled it out for kicks and after getting it adjusted with the big counterweight, I am VERY pleasantly surprised. Actually, I'm feeling kind of bubbly. It does not dig out the utmost in detail, but it just sounds very right.
Are there any other FR carts out there which are real steals if still in good condition? I know the MC-702 and the FR-1Mk2 and Mk3f by name, with good reps being assigned to the Mk3 and the MC-702. Given that the MC-702 and the FR-7 look quite similar, and they were offered at about the same time, what is different? And is the FR-7 just an integrated headshell version of the FR-1Mk3?
I have had an FR-7 which I bought a while ago. I tried it ever so briefly when I got it on an arm I now recognize as not being able to handle that weight (close, but no cigar). I just now pulled it out for kicks and after getting it adjusted with the big counterweight, I am VERY pleasantly surprised. Actually, I'm feeling kind of bubbly. It does not dig out the utmost in detail, but it just sounds very right.
Are there any other FR carts out there which are real steals if still in good condition? I know the MC-702 and the FR-1Mk2 and Mk3f by name, with good reps being assigned to the Mk3 and the MC-702. Given that the MC-702 and the FR-7 look quite similar, and they were offered at about the same time, what is different? And is the FR-7 just an integrated headshell version of the FR-1Mk3?
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Hope it will be ok with my records |
bukanona, the new stylus for Ikeda's cantileverless 9 series cost 278 GBP by ''Expert stylus''. If other repair possibilities are available is unknown. But, as I already mentioned, the owner of ''Expert stylus'' is good friend of the Decca owner so, possibly, they can figure out what can be done. BTW their own stylus is called ''Partrace'' an version of micro ridge. |
Addition, I forget to mention the following. The stylus by Ikeda's 9 series cantileverless kinds are fastened in different way to their ''holder''. This means critical reg. stylus length. However ''Expert stylus'' also produces styli and can cut them at the right length. This may imply that other ''repair services'' can't provide the right styli. To me the repair possibility is necessary pre condition to buy any cart. |
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