neonknight
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| Casual Listening Attempt #2 Brinkmann Audio Was a share. I am curious to see how this works out as its design is a bit different than my SP10 MK II or DP75. Would be nice to find a source for alternate arm boards, especially those made from different materials. Have struck out finding any t... | |
| In praise of the mighty SOTA Sapphire They certainly are nice tables. I bought a Star Sapphire MK III as a proof of concept table. I hated the oak finish, but loved the table. I ended up buying a Cosmos Eclipse in bloodwood, and have a Nova Eclipse on order for my casual table. Belts ... | |
| Linear Tracker ...I was wondering Surprised there is no mention of Advanced Analog MG1. An affordable linear tracking option. Their site is under construction. But there is info there.adanalog.com | |
| Guest suddenly takes it upon herself to move my speakers My JBL 4365 weigh 195 pounds each. You gotta do some work to move them. | |
| Best Tonearm for Thorens TD-124. When I had my TD 124 I used an Eminent Technology II on it and that was a fine combo. I also had an Audiomods Classic II as another choice and that was a fine arm. I bet the SME M2-9 would be a great choice also. | |
| Cartridge suggestions I am not a huge moving magnet fan, but I did get to spend quite a bit of time with the LP Gear Vessel R3SM. It uses a ruby cantilever and Shibata stylus. A bit spendy for a MM cartridge but it sounds glorious! Nicely detailed, refined, even tonal ... | |
| Tonearm ...... Acos Lustre GST-801 ..... Yea/Nay I have a parts Gst 801. Have the heavier counterweight, a factory head shell, a cloned weight ring made od stainless steel. The wand and cue device are like new. Missing the on the fly base, but have a macined Rega style, and the magnetic vtf piec... | |
| Assistance Identifying an Ikeda Cartridge @vortex I have only seen one reference to this cartridge and it was at Audiocircle. 5th image down refers to it as a 9 Rex Kiwami. This appears to be the same cartridge as I have. Any thoughts? https://audiocirc.com/2016/06/12/moving-iron/ | |
| Assistance Identifying an Ikeda Cartridge @vortex I have never figured out how to post images here. This is a link to AA with the image of the cartridge. https://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/vt.mpl?f=vinyl&m=1190847 | |
| Tonearm ...... Acos Lustre GST-801 ..... Yea/Nay I have owned that arm, the 801 is a nice arm if functioning properly. The price is about market, but its not complete. There should be a auxiliary ring counterweight that goes around the regular one, needed if you run heavier cartridges. Also the ... | |
| Well Tempered Arm VTA Adjustment Never mind. Figured it out | |
| Assistance Identifying an Ikeda Cartridge I have seen that list, however the images for the Ikeda 9 show one with an integrated head shell. I cannot tell if the one I have is an original 9 or a domestic version of the Rex. The kanji character on the side should be a distinctive marking, b... | |
| Assistance Identifying an Ikeda Cartridge So I just hooked this up to prove things are working.This table and cartridge are glorious!Some of the best analog I have ever heard. I hooked it up to the Miyajima SUT and the Graham Slee phono stage. I had to use a pair of QED interconnects sc... | |
| Assistance Identifying an Ikeda Cartridge @edgewear Thanks for the information! It certainly is appreciated. So as I read this the gold body cantileverless cartridges that Ikeda built were upper tier offerings, irregardless of what they were named? The Kanji labeled cart was likely a dome... | |
| Assistance Identifying an Ikeda Cartridge So the bottom of the cartridge just has the label of Ikeda 9, with the Kanji character on the outer side of the cartridge. I found this pic on a Japanese site, and this appears to be it. http://www.onomichi.ne.jp/ishii/ar3a/index10.html However... |