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| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine Dover, baby. No need to get so upset. I will look for your post above that you suggest explains why not to roughen the surface of the platter. Are you alluding to the idea that the thread may shred? I thought you poo-pooed that idea when someon... | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine The discussion of belt material and tension caused me to wonder whether anyone has tried roughening the sides of the Verdier platter so as to afford a better grip by any belt material one might choose. Every La Platine I have ever seen in the fles... | |
| Thorens 160MKII BC Grace 707 + F9???? Yes, the world is full of wonderful vintage Japanese tonearms, and I am not being facetious. | |
| Allnic OTL/OCL Phono vs Allnic DHT For much less money, though I don’t know the current retail price, the Atmasphere MP1 will give you similar results. Two differences: the MP1 does not use a SUT to achieve high phono gain, and the Allnic affords 4 pairs of phono inputs vs one pair... | |
| Thorens 160MKII BC Grace 707 + F9???? Chridabs, why not relax, take a breath, and evaluate what you now own over a period of several weeks? These other items will always be out there to buy if you get the itch. I guess I already said all that. If you can get the headshell to sit so it... | |
| Thorens 160MKII BC Grace 707 + F9???? If you look up the compliance data for the F9E vs the F9Ruby, I really do not think you would find much if any difference in compliance. Your finding that the Ruby was bright and hard in your system does not at all gibe with my experience in my sy... | |
| Thorens 160MKII BC Grace 707 + F9???? I dunno if the 707 is amazing, but I do know it will work fine with the Grace cartridge of the same era. Why not give the Thorens/Grace tonearm/Grace cartridge combo a listen for a few weeks. If you are dissatisfied at that point, you can then ma... | |
| Thorens 160MKII BC Grace 707 + F9???? The OP won't spend to repair the Luxman. Why would he spend several hundred more dollars to replace the perfectly good tonearm he received with his replacement turntable? And for the Grace F9, it is not at all clear that the Acos would be signific... | |
| Allnic OTL/OCL Phono vs Allnic DHT Was wondering how or even if the floating PS as used by Atmasphere in the circlotron could be implemented in a SE output. | |
| Thorens 160MKII BC Grace 707 + F9???? What would make you think that a Grace tonearm marketed contemporaneously with a Grace cartridge would not be a good match? | |
| Luxman PD121A - PD441 Did you or the previous owner ever connect it directly to 120V? The repair scenario suggested by Dover should not cost more than an hour of technician time. Surely that’s worth doing. I don’t know your location but Music Technology in Springfield... | |
| Luxman PD121A - PD441 Dover is essentially saying don't give up, and I agree with him. You have a very nice TT there. Funnily, if it is a 120V unit and you are using a 120V to 100V stepdown, that may negatively affect performance. Line frequency 50 vs 60Hz does not ma... | |
| Allnic OTL/OCL Phono vs Allnic DHT “Some circuit experts might be concerned about DC potential in the music signal in an OTL/OCL design. However, the chance of this problem occurring can be essentially and reliably 100% mitigated. To do this, Allnic uses a “floating power supply c... | |
| Luxman PD121A - PD441 “50/60” is a reference to AC frequency not voltage. Somewhere on the chassis near the AC outlet or the fixed AC cord outlet there will be a recommended voltage noted. Probably that’s not your problem but worth checking. | |
| ADC moving-iron cartridge has "low" output I would not say “fake” but once or twice they’ve sold styli they described as “original” which implied OEM, when in fact what they were selling was a reproduction of OEM. No problem with functionality however. |