dhjohnson
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| Who Has the New Top Technics SL1200GRE? Does it blow your other expensive tables away? The SL-1200G is truly a reference-level turntable in a consumer-friendly and consumer-familiar form factor. I was not prepared for the level of sound quality, stability of pitch, and total absence of environmental and drive-related artifacts the ... | |
| AT OC9/II Re-release It looks like AT is revamping the OC9 moving coil cartridge lineup similar to the VM series moving magnet cartridge model range with the stylus being the differentiating feature. Starts in the low end with an elliptical stylus and works up throug... | |
| Recommendation for Cartridge for Technics SL-1200G? It is my understanding is the effective mass for the SL--1200G tonearm is 12g with headshell included. In addition, these calculators that are available online are strictly approximations at best. It is always best to measure the tonearm/cartri... | |
| Recommendation for Cartridge for Technics SL-1200G? Many SL-1200G owners are using the ART9 with outstanding results, me included. When I plug the numbers in to the Calculator I get a value of 8Hz. Close enough. | |
| AT ART9 cart going into a Pass XP17 I started out at 47k and have settled on 180 ohms after much adjustment back and forth. | |
| Anyone have experience with the new ELAC DDP-2? I recently purchased the matching phono preamp PPA-2. The styling is a little utilitarian, but it is a phono preamp after all. The performance and sound quality is excellent so far. Sound quality is what I was after, so the styling of the casewo... | |
| Turntables I will recommend the Technics SL-1200GR. It has the latest direct drive technology and has outstanding reviews from both actual users and the industry press. | |
| Which DAC: Benchmark, Mytek, Audio Mirror, Holo Audio, Mojo Audio? I have to agree with theo. The Chord Qutest is an amazing sounding DAC. If you can get past the strange form factor, it will surprise you. It does not do MQA which is not a big deal for my application. I use mine mostly with CD rips (FLAC files) ... | |
| Can I really sell this cartridge? This guy buys and retips. His name is Joseph. Nice guy and stands behind his work.https://www.ebay.com/itm/Cartridge-Retipping-Full-Cantilever-ELLIPTICAL-Replacement-and-Service/1835... | |
| AudioTechnica ART 9 users - break in, VTF/VTA and loading questions I'm running my ART9 on a Technics SL-1200G. It is mounted to an Audio Technica MG-10 magnesium headshell. I set the tracking force to 1.8g per AT's recommendation. The cartridge seems to be level at the "0" tonearm height setting. Is there anyon... |