chakster
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| Victor UA-7082 Arm, Rubber Washer at Rear Counterweight Tube: Sag/Repair/Fitting Damage. I will just add my thoughts:The price for perfectly working Victor UA-7045 and UA-7082 is so cheap (or relatively cheap) compared to to other tonearms on the market that it makes no sense to buy defective unit, because the price for defective arms... | |
| What's Worth More on the Open Market - Your Records or Your Audio Gear LOL :) | |
| Cartridge loading The idea is to replace the input resistor with the cartridge itself- so that the virtual ground (present in any opamp circuit) is the output of the cartridge itself. In this circuit the cartridge isn’t doing the sort of work as it would be if th... | |
| 12-1/2" arm. NewArtVinyl Black Bird. Yea or Nay? Haven’t seen any long arm for high compliance cartridges, to keep the mass as low as possible (and still rigid) designers normally using a 9.5 size. There was a nice Audio Craft tonearms back in the 70’s/80s with removable arm tubes, there was a l... | |
| Has anyone tried Brass cartridge mounting screws? too funnyMaybe you have to check your arm effective mass and cartridge compliance first (you could check with HiFi test record). Adding mass is not always necessary (or act like improvement), but sometimes you just need higher mass for low complia... | |
| Phono preamp suggestions under $1000 Just read more about JLTi from other users on audiogon here. Very few people on here know what it is and i am surprised about it, instead we have that cheap piece of schiit in every posts, crazy world. People eat what has been advertised, but a lo... | |
| Cartridge loading @lewm Is THIS what you have?https://audiocubes.com/products/47-laboratory-4712-phonocube Yes, it doesn’t work without special power supply, so there must be a power humpty (first in the list) and i have it with my phonocube. If you’re buyin’ a Ph... | |
| What's Worth More on the Open Market - Your Records or Your Audio Gear Re-reading "Vinyl Junkies" book by Brett Milano.You die, we buy ... this is when the dealers will come and none of your family members will know the real value of your record collection. In the worst scenario Wife will sell the record for the pric... | |
| Has anyone tried Brass cartridge mounting screws? There are much better (looking) screws to add weight than those from soundsmith. Transcendent Frequencies offering them on ebay in different length/weight for any tonearm/cartridge. Remember, your cartridge mounting screws must be nonmagnetic! P.S... | |
| Cartridge loading Saying that a (working) phono stage has zero input impedance is similar to claiming to travel at the speed of light but this is exactly what i do when i travel back in time to find some rare cartridges | |
| Yet another turntable recommendation question The budget is too low for a serious turntable with all the features you have mentioned. Why biyin’ another toy if for double price you can get something really great (direct drive for sure) ? Technics SP-20 with your custom made plinth and the arm... | |
| Cartridge loading @lewm I don't accuse anyone of lying, except a certain President of the USA on some occasions. Ohh, same here, but 100%I never did any research into the 47 Labs product, but I did read as much as I could find about several others, most of which ... | |
| Phono preamp suggestions under $1000 I wonder why this piece of Schiit is in every posts on audiogon ?P.S. I bought PS-10 power supply for my Gold Note PH-10, but the bass does not improved at all, actually the bass with this phono stage is very thin compared to 2 other phono stages ... | |
| Victor UA-7082 Arm, Rubber Washer at Rear Counterweight Tube: Sag/Repair/Fitting Damage. UPS picked it up yesterday, plinth, tt, arm, cover. They are confirming damage before they pay the $1,000. insurance. I expect that to go well. The money may go back to the seller as he purchased the insurance on my behalf. Then, if he sends me ... | |
| 12-1/2" arm. NewArtVinyl Black Bird. Yea or Nay? Here is Luxman TA-1 as an alternative to Black Widow (designed for super high compliance cartridges), as far as i know the problem with BW is fragile thin armtube. The Luxman is made of metal, comes with superheavy stabilizer, you can compare it o... |