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Frank himself will often cut in at this point to head off most of the speculative nonsense. Not to co- opt him here, but I find it interesting that most of the Schroder arms (sorry, no umlaut...) are particularly subject to VTF changes with minimal ...
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Adrian, I have not heard this specific cartridge, but the "alive" thing Levi went on and on about certainly rang a Decca bell for me; also the "tweak-y" parts. I do think Levi might have made more of the cable-as-load angle as opposed to painting th...
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[quote user="Paul S"]Adrian, I have not heard this specific cartridge, but the "alive" thing Levi went on and on about certainly rang a Decca bell for me.[/quote]Yes, it has the characteristic alive quality that all other cartridges lack, but without...
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Since I discovered repeatable VTA/SRA, my Ortofon MC-3000 II cartridge (with matching T-3000 SUT) has been about as ignore-able as a hard-tracing cartridge in a hi-res system can be. Too bad it took me so long to figure out the repeatable VTA/SRA! ...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]The Ultimate turntable only needs to provide for one arm. The ultimate arm. Why compromise its performance with various inferior arm designs.[/quote] Well, certainly a single ultimate arm would be a good thing but I still w...
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Here is a snippet from an email from Jonathan Carr (Lyra cartridge designer) about objectives and considerations regarding cartridge loading. Most of this is old news, I only re-post it here as a convenient synopsis on this most misunderstood t...
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I do not know anything more about them, but they seem to be a recent/new cartridge maker from Germany, what inclusive make a mono cartridge:http://tedeska.com/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-_w7IRQPeYIf anyone already is experienced with that cartr...
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While it may be that a given "basement" operation really means to "do a better job" in terms of QA and/or sonic results, the technical difficulty (and cost) of actually doing this with tiny "critical specification" parts must be daunting, to say the ...
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After much talking with people I am still at lost what cartridge to get in order does not worry about cartridges anymore. It looks like I “fixed” the Shelter but now I need to take it off and to remove dust from within the cartridge – the ceremony I ...
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When companies begin to produce crap (most of the today arms) then it is the job of various marketing whores, like Michael Fremer and the similar, to invert a theory that would justify the poor sonic results or to explain to the deaf audio-cretins ou...
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[quote user="morricab"] Interesting test you have conducted. Were the responses mostly unflat near the frequency extremes or was there variations even in the midrange? The reason I ask is because if you look at most of the published curve...
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I just turned up the original paperwork while looking for the original packaging, in which I planned to return the cartridge to DK. The original packing slip was dated 27 July, 2002; rather more than the 8 years I "remembered". Which makes me wond...
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[quote user="RonyWeissman"]Try as I might, I can't get my sme3012/shelter 901 combo to do tubas . My ortofon309/vintage mono cartridge does it magnificently the tuba down low makes me goosevumps all over just likenthe cello. I think my stepup for she...
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Antonio, I would like to point out that your replied to my post about the 103M cartridge. The 103 and 103M are totally different animals , even contraction-wise. In fact it is shame that they named them as they were the similar model number. Perform...
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Two weeks ago when I realized that something was wrong with my Shelter I asked a guy that I know “How people buy cartridges nowadays?” He said “They talk a lot with other people”. “I will not do it”, was my reply. Well, not two weeks after I ha...
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[quote user="drdna"]Romy,
I believe the cartridges are manufactured form Decca by JS Wright in London.
The suspension is less of an issue since the Decca cartridges use a novel transducer. There is no cantilever. The stylus connects di...
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Why would you expect to hear something other than sales talk from salespersons? Even the producer is a salesman (or especially the producer). If they aren't moving product their time is being wasted. The only time I talk with them is when I have a sp...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]It is interesting that you call $30.000 plus dollars "super expensive". A few days ago somebody sent me a link to a review of a new TechDAS turntable with a price tag of $380.000. I wonder what kind adjectives would you ...
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Dmitry, I have no idea. I always felt that Dynavector 10x4 is some kind of rock-in-roll cartridge and never had it. Still, it $200 cartridge, or way sub $200 in Japan, and it should not be a big deal to exchange it if necessary. The surface noise mig...
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I remember the old Decca cartridges as quite maddening, a real love/hate connundrum. Unrivaled, totally addictive "immediacy", and dynamics that made anything else sound muffled and plain wrong, but also about as user-unfriendly and unrel...
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[quote user="starboy"]I would have left this alone but the facts and truth will out...
1) The Mantis was well known to me and others around me before Andre joined V.E. though maybe not to you Americans.
2) There are possibly 2 owners other than mys...
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[quote user="N-set"] While I agree that they are typical "full of nothing" boxes and in no way I'd like to defend anything connected to them, butI doubt that the SUT-to-grid distance is such a critical layout parameter: 1) this wiring is within the b...
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Hello, this is my first post here - this is a wonderful web site, critical and fair - a lot of knowledge here and i consider you real connoiseurs - that's why i'm hoping to resolve my problem here.
I have a Micro Seiki SX-111FVL - the big L one, a...
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Paul, I am sorry, be are you know in better word as Sarah Palin?
What anti-skating has to do with anything? What does it mean that “MC 3000II takes LOTS of anti-skate” or that one cartridge took more anti-skate than some other cartridges? The anti-...
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[quote user="drdna"]1. This may simply be a symptom of electricity variability. I would listen for a few days and see if it improves. [/quote]
Do you mean that electricity affects the sound of one cartridge but not another? I doubt that, parti...
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[quote user="N-set"]I'm wondering if the current 901mkII holds the candle? (...which would be against the industry practice, but...)It can be gotten for $1500 in some japanese online shops, but there does not seem to be much feedback around.[/quo...
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[quote user="tuga"]It's funny you mention The Godfather; the methods are enourmously similar:
http://www.audioasylum.com/forums/critics/messages/30344.html
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Tuga, yes,
this is very typical for the industry. I am not...
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Who know anything about this needle?I am playing now this CG-25 - my new Ortofon replacement. This new cartridge is turn out to be “MONO CG 25 Di”. It looks and feel completely different and this CG-25 is what I called the TRUE mono cartridge. I...
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[quote user="Paul S"] One great "test" of a cartridge/system is the best recordings of the best operatic tenors.[/quote] Not necessary only tenors – just good operatic singers would do. Some properly arranged and performed operatic moments are incred...
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In regard to moving coil cartridges, I would say:1. This may simply be a symptom of electricity variability. I would listen for a few days and see if it improves.2. Cartridges not used for a while need to loosen up a bit in regard to the suspen...
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