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| Continued misadventures with Ortofon 2M carts Since you have the Denon cartridge that works, you have something to listen to, I suggest you contact Ortofon and request that they check your 2M cartridge. Send it to them in the headshell if possible. Their US office is located in Ossining, NY... | |
| How often, and how, do you clean your stylus? I clean it before each side played and you are wrong, that is not excessive. Every time I check any of my styli under my microscope there is almost always a bit of debris clinging to the stylus or the cantilever. I also use a record brush before... | |
| SUT help SUTs are like seasoning on food. They definitely change the sound, it is silly to think they don't. Silver wire sounds different than copper, the core material matters, how they are wound etc. also matters. They are not everyone's cuppa. No ma... | |
| SUT help You also should look at Bob's Devices. His are excellent and I believe he might offer a return privilege. 10:1 would be a good ratio for what you want. IMHO, any phono stage is improved when an SUT is inserted. I just like the way they sound. ... | |
| Need help with phono cartridge selection I am sure everyone who has responded is trying to be helpful. Here is an analog to your question: I have never painted my house before, what color do you think I should paint it? Your question is really impossible for anyone else to answer for ... | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? OK I admit that in my sound room there is a piano and a set of drums and a lot of percussion instruments. Sometimes these must inevitably influence my perception of sound as reproduced from my stereo system. But, the influence is only subliminal... | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? The search for the Holy Grail. Frankly there is no right answer for a number of reasons: Everything changes with time especially technology; the live music reference is not an accurate gauge because every live venue is different; every recording... | |
| Mobile Fidelity Ultradeck Rega is likely to be able to support their product long term. Think about needing parts and service 10 years later. | |
| Have you heard the Goldring Ethos Cartridge? To add to the praise, in the current (April 2024) issue of Stereophile, Herb Reichert has a nice write up of the Ethos in his column that is very positive in every respect. | |
| Copper vs. Silver tonearm wire Hi Raul, At your suggestion I visited the Audio Note UK website. Acquiring the material would be easy. Then I spoke with my dealer. The dealer is trusted and important because I am no longer competent to perform the work myself. With age my ha... | |
| Anybody using the last record preservative Let me do a little myth busting here. There is a guy who wears a chemist smock and hawks ultrasonic record cleaners. Any of you who have been to a trade show know who I am talking about. Anyway, he scrubs and scrubs until all the white gunk sto... | |
| SUT With a Manley Steelhead RC? I happen to have a Bob's Devices 10x SUT sitting here gathering dust. I am not inclined to sell it, but I would be happy to let you borrow it to try. You would still need to buy another set of phono cables and they should be a match to the ones ... | |
| AR-XB. Is it worth a new motor? I have been sitting on the fence on this thread. I used to have a C26 and a 2100 and can't let you dangle in the breeze. The AR turntable is an enigma. It was a brilliant, though flawed design. With the 3 point suspension it was copied first b... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms Raul, I am pinching myself as I ask this question. My HW40 arm needs to be rewired. I was going to take it to VPI and let them do it, but should I reconsider? You are right that the wire I installed in my GAE was Zavfino. I do not want to do ... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms One last comment: Unipivots are inferior to double gimbals in my experience. |