daveyf
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| Grading of phono cartridges Part 3 @grgaudio When I hear the word technical, it means to me something to do with the science of the design. Not the desirability of the piece in question. The used market for any gear at the moment seems to be a ’buyer’s market’. I have no idea as to... | |
| Grading of phono cartridges Part 3 Good grief, that must have taken a lot of time to write up!!However, I think your grading of a lot of the cartridges mentioned is total rubbish. For instance, you place the Benz Ruby 2 ahead of a lot of cartridges that easily outshine it in any nu... | |
| Props to Black Cat Cables Replacing a Transparent Music Link should be a very nice step up in SQ. | |
| Props to Black Cat Cables I think you will be very pleased indeed. Do post again once you have had a chance to listen.What are you replacing? | |
| At what price point do I run into diminishing returns on an MC Cartridge? @grgaudio Interesting hypothesis you have there. Damphers ( not dampers??) tested in your lab...:o) | |
| At what price point do I run into diminishing returns on an MC Cartridge? @grgaudio Do tell how you test dampers --er.. damphers?Styluses do indeed have different shapes..configurations, and the cut can have a connection to the length of its life, but that is nothing to do with the quality of the diamond, simply to the ... | |
| At what price point do I run into diminishing returns on an MC Cartridge? @grgaudio Good post, which I agree with mostly. However, I do not agree with your estimates of cartridge life or the fact that a low quality diamond( what is that?) will last less than a high quality diamond. IF you are saying that a superior shap... | |
| Audio Research Ref 6 SE @ghasley I think the fact that 9rw asked specifically and was not told the truth is a telling fact. So, either his dealer is dishonest or whomever he spoke to at ARC is, IMHO. Personally, I think that 9rw should not even have to ask for the upgrad... | |
| Audio Research Ref 6 SE @kren0006 Let’s hope that you are not the poor sap who bought the day before...LOL. Selling the current model is not difficult at all once a new model has been stipulated, one simply has to discount the old model enough and disclose the new model ... | |
| Quad ESL service, Electrostatic Solutions or Quads Unlimited ? @osborn Sounds like you may need to remind Wayne P that there is a legal avenue available to you here in the US...it's called small claims court- and might be necessary for you to investigate. Pity that we get to hear these horror stories on thes... | |
| Audio Research Ref 6 SE I think the ONLY way these companies and their dealers learn is for everyone to vote with their wallet. Maybe when their income stream dries up, they will learn their lesson. | |
| Audio Research Ref 6 SE @9rw That makes it even more heinous! | |
| Audio Research Ref 6 SE @9rw +1000What is still one of the most annoying and IMHO unethical things is the fact that so so many folks seem to think that it is ok to tell people some of the facts, but not all of the facts....IOW, it's what they don't tell you that hurts. ... | |
| At what price point do I run into diminishing returns on an MC Cartridge? @rauliruegas I think you like to split hairs... please do look up what that means if you don’t already know.Kandid is made by ScanTech... owners of Lyra, a brand name like I said before. One could say that Kleos is made by ScanTech ... and brande... | |
| Audio Research Ref 6 SE Interesting...’vastly improved and higher quality capacitors, internal wiring and a few other parts.’ ...Which leads me to ask why were ARC using totally inferior and poor quality capacitors, internal wiring and other parts in the first place??Plu... |