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| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry tyray164 posts:23pm"And I also think that Azimuth can only be adjusted on the headshell itself and not the tonearm, whether the headshell is removable or nonremovable. Thanks R!"my Blackbird has built in micrometer to adjust VTA, easy, precise, wo... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Grumiaux is my favorite Violinist, I'm looking for my LP of him playing Paganini, it's here somewhere. I had no idea how world famous he was, just took a lucky chance in a bargain bin.I have both Haifetz and Oistrakh out to be cleaned in the next ... | |
| Pondering to pull the trigger on an AT VM 760SLC tablejockey MC is an expensive move, and OP, like me for many years is highly resistant to MC.there is no way I would have moved into any new cartridge with elliptical stylus, certainly not MC elliptical stylus like that Soundsmith. Like you, I... | |
| Rebuild or new cartridge with my zeta tonearm Sounds Good? Perhaps preferred by some, however, the specs of separation and balance of the Clearaudio Performer are not good, they must limit imaging compared to OP's Sumiko. https://clearaudio.de/en/products/cartridges-mm-v2.php | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Arthur Grumiaux, some Violin for the new cartridgeorchestra, Brahms, Colin Davis https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/377066013 'to my friends', accompanied by only piano https://www.discogs.com/Arthur-Grumiaux-Istv%C3%A1n-Hajdu-To-My-Friends/rele... | |
| Ry Cooder & V.M. Bhatt - A Meeting By The River IS AMAZING! thanks, I just ordered it for my Birthday prize next week! | |
| Pondering to pull the trigger on an AT VM 760SLC The AT comes with advanced stylus shape, much more contact with sides of grooves (the music) 3 versions, all preferable to the Grado which is ellipticalAll aluminum shaft, tips: MicroLine, Shibata, Special Microline. How are you deciding which one? | |
| Ethernet cable question basic Cat 5, up to 100Mbpsthat's 100,000,000. bits per second. how does 40khz translate into bits per second? | |
| Why high-end cable manufacturers don't post measurements? Well,I chose to believe in the concept of small diameter, individually insulated multi-strand, to minimize the 'Skin' effect of single or twisted strands of non-insulated small diameter strands. (Cat 5 like, what I use)excerpt:" Skin effect in aud... | |
| Rebuild or new cartridge with my zeta tonearm I've just researched the heck out of MM, MI, MCHO, MCLO, SUT, MC pre-preamps.Many think rebuilding is to save money, however you have many other important reasons to rebuild that Sumiko. If you do, find the best to do it, pay what you have to, con... | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? millercarbon now that you mention CD’s,1st: 8 tracks (hundred of them). Cassettes made 8 tracks cheap, 6 for $5.00 (incl tax .88c each). Had no disposable money in those days, so every payday I would wander the music store, decided to buy stuff I ... | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? mkgus I love when trouble leads to 'better'.what was the design error? | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Goanna, Spirit of Place, Australian Band https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_of_Place_(album) Live Aid started in the middle of the night here, in Australia. I recorded it, heard INXS first time, had no idea how to pronounce it.Heard a few band... | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? Not the most costly, but one I am still peeved about.Had my Thorens TD124 on a high shelf, SME tonearm eye level, see that needle drop.Oh did it drop. Shure V15VxMR, removable stylus with brush, microline on BERYLLIUM.I dropped that stylus, it lan... | |
| Why Do 12" Tonearms Cost So Much More Than 9"? the real deal https://www.artisanfidelity.com/tonearms/ikeda-it-407 |