mulveling
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| Why Can't Modern Tube Manufacturers Make a Proper Tube? @yesiam_a_pirate Agree... How about Idiocrates as well for a patron? tonydennison @tonydennison If you’re going to question the IQ of modern tube makers, and decry the "meh, good enough" work ethic, it might be a better look to spend a few mi... | |
| Why Can't Modern Tube Manufacturers Make a Proper Tube? Hard disagree. I have a huge collection of vintage tubes and modern Russian production are excellent, imo. Even some of the Chinese tubes are quite good. Some of the worst sounding tubes in my collection are actually vintage RCA, late Sylvania, or... | |
| A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum @daveyf are you referencing the Shelter 501 / "Crown Jewel" debacle, or something else? I've definitely been of the opinion that the high markups on distributor-imported Japanese cartridges are an extremely shaky value proposition, at best. When... | |
| A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum @mijostyn Awesome! Fingers crossed for you - hoping this effects the full fix you're expecting. No doubt in my mind, a simple repair to lead wire as you've described here keeps it as a 100% factory original MSL Platinum. I'd almost question th... | |
| RCA splitter I’ve recently used Audioquest splitters on a Benz Lukasheck PP-1 phono stage to add loading resistor plugs (otherwise its loading is fixed at 22K). This is not in my "best" system, but still very good. In fact I currently have a $4K WEL Signature ... | |
| Have There Ever Been Fake Koetsu? @macg19 Thanks! I tried my Jade on Clearaudio Universal 12" VTA - and that was quickly the end of further Koetsu experiments on the arm. Tracks and plays fine. It's just sonically very flat and dull. Definitely lacking sparkle. Jade is probably ... | |
| Have There Ever Been Fake Koetsu? Btw, thanks everyone for positive feedback on the pics and my experience with Koetsu :) I've been meaning to take more of my cartridge collection. Nothing else quite does midrange like a Koetsu! | |
| Have There Ever Been Fake Koetsu? A number of years ago I saw lots of K’s on Ebay with gold pins. At the time, all K came with silver pins, or so it seemed. Also some poorly made bamboo boxes. @mulveling would know if these were genuine. @terry9 Some (most?) of the older Koets... | |
| Have There Ever Been Fake Koetsu? I have owned many Koetsu’s over the years and either bought new or used from reputable sellers. The rebuilds from Koetsu and Anna Mighty sound are the only way to go, I have had several Cartridges from Anna Mighty Sound and they are absolutely t... | |
| Have There Ever Been Fake Koetsu? So a quality 3rd party service provider like Expert Stylus is unable to retain the sole plate? @neonknight I’m not sure. I think it would be far easier to apply a whole new cantilever & stylus mounting (sourced from the Japanese supplier)... | |
| Have There Ever Been Fake Koetsu? @neonknight For comparison, here is a typical Benz (or Van den hul etc) mounting. You can usually spot this from much lower magnification. Only the very tip of the diamond pokes out from the glue! I’ve seen examples where so little tip is expose... | |
| Have There Ever Been Fake Koetsu? @neonknight Here’s my vintage Musashino Onyx, rebuilt by Koetsu a few years ago. Note the metal "shoe" on the side facing the record, with bulk of the glue used on other side. I’ve seen cleaner examples of this lol. And here’s their diamond ... | |
| Have There Ever Been Fake Koetsu? I keep eyes on the various markets and haven’t ever seen any Koetsu bodies that would give me concern. I’ve had 6 Koetsu in my hands - about half from used market, some purchased new from dealer, most the the used ones have gone through rebuild vi... | |
| A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum I’ve had almost 30 MCs over 15 years at this point, and only 1 incident that wasn’t perpetrated by myself. With discipline, common sense, and a little knowledge about how these things work, it’s not really hard to keep from damaging them - unless ... | |
| UPS Driver Literally Drops Package with New Hana Umami Red ALL electronics should be marked clearly on all sides of the package "FRAGILE - GLASS CONTENTS - DO NOT DROP" When the drivers see "GLASS" they take notice. Otherwise for all they know it is a book or t-shirt, etc. I really don't think they c... |