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Hi, [quote user="Chirag"]103 or 103R + mass loaded SME headshell + 3012 or a 3009 + Seiki 1500 + hagerman opamp phono stage (good only with select parts and battery power) or an EAR 834 (with some mods) and some old...
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[quote user="Antonio J. "]MFA e-mailed me aknowledging that I was perhaps going to try the DIY way getting a "raw" transformer from S&B and offered me assistance. The "problem" is that their unit with a gain selector and load selector is way too ...
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[quote user="hifitodd"]I'm trying to get my head around the tonearm/cartridge matching mechanics.First of all, are ALL cartridges much happier with a heavier tonearm? Even cartridges with a high compliance?My understanding of a "correct" arm ef...
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"Bugger dogma!". Romy is quite right challenging my obeisance to the Series 1. These things are so rare and when found are likely to be in a somewhat less than pristine condition.
However, it is not only the arm tube that is more massive but the ...
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Starboy, you are lucky. You got with what you feel comfortable, BTW, does it do bass? I wonder how you approached the cartridge? Did you hear somewhere the cartridge or heard from about it from someone? The reason I asked is because I really do not k...
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Well, it might be some kind of misunderstanding… The XV-1 was their flagship product in end of the 90s and it cost I believe $1.6K-$1.8K retail. The reasons why I know it certainly because I had a few quite credible people at that time who stro...
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[quote user="drdna"]I think that the perception of the Onyx depends on the rest of one's stereo system and the other components one compares it to.When I say the Koetsu is one of the top cartridges in the world, I would say this about most modern aud...
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T, ‘m glad to see you around. Your position is quite educational although not an unproblematic. I do not agree with some of the points you brought up (I mean that 103-is very low compliance cartridge - 5x10-6 cm/dyne (except D and M), disagree with ...
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Hi All, 103 or 103R + mass loaded SME headshell + 3012 or a 3009 + Seiki 1500 + hagerman opamp phono stage (good only with select parts and battery power) or an EAR 834 (with some mods) and some old Altec mic t...
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Well I'll 'fess up to the possible reason that this thread has had so many hits, I linked it to a thread on another site that has a few 103 owners (and remember for every owner there are many reading/waiting to become disciples due to the "...
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Found that from a Dealer in Hong Kong .... there are a few around....*********Model No.Fidelity Research FR-7fz MC CartridgeDescriptionFamous Fidelity Research flat ship model FR-7fz MC cartridge. Checked by Ikeda Sound Lab, guarantee in excellent wo...
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[quote user="Paul S"]Art Dudley did a pretty fair review of the Jubilee for Stereophile a couple of years back. Of course, he is selling it, so one must +/- read between the lines. Still, he at least touches on/talks about the important stuff in term...
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This cartridge does not just pick the dust but the static is heard via speakers if to listen it properly. I played today the “fixed” shelter and it LOVE the sound of it but why the hell Shelter picks dust so aggressively? With open belly of the ...
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Since I painted myself into a corner with only one tonearm and one cartridge, and my one cartridge has gone to the Ortofon Spa in DK, I am sans phono until my cartridge returns. This means I have too much time to think about a phono stage, as oppose...
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Paul,I agree 100%. Well sort of.....Can the idea of the overengineered, atomic reactor power supply with water cooling really offer someone just interested in great music a "better" solution?I think for many, the technical superiority is at least as ...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]In contrary to any other equipment I feel that cartridges are well benefited in comparative reviewing… The Cat[/quote]Good to read that you think positive about something :-)Unfortunately my experience is different, special...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]This is very interring subject for me to think about. I even mounted 901 on another arm of mine as I would like to explore this topic more. Even though Jubilee is not broken-in yet but it is clearly that it has “less bass”,...
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I, after being sick and tired form the Denon 102 misery, got the Ortofon Mono needle. I was under impression that Ortofon Mono was true mono cartridge with one coil. However, when I opened it up to mount it’s insert on my “Chernobyl Spinnaker” tonear...
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Well the marketing power can change dirt into gold, we all know that. I have no problems with manufacturers who offer "such" units. We, the customers (especially here in this Forum) are fixed on the quality of sound. Some years ago there was a meetin...
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Persistent due diligence will eventually turn up the obscure part of the Ortofon DK website that lists prices and procedures for rebuilding services for some Ortofon cartridges (including the Jubilee, I think), and the DK site makes it look for all t...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
I juts got home, put a record to play and suddenly discovered that my SPU has it’s cantilever bent 90 degree and then even twisted vertically. It was perfectly fine last night!!! I have no idea what kind forced what appl...
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When I said “cable” then I meant whatever cable might mean, the sonic qualities and whatever comes with it. You cartridge with it 2mV drives a cable to a transformer, for instance 1M that has impedance, capacitance and so on. The transformer has 26dB...
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***Here we go! What an accomplishment! I wonder if the Lyra cartridges sound so gray and so boring because of this “accomplishment” or there is any other reasons.***I knew that the reference to his high gain Connoisseur phono stages is coming.Self-pr...
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Stitch, do you think this is a design element, or do you think it is a "variation" from the typical cartridge of this brand and model? Do you think any variation from any supposed norm was/is intentional, or might it be an error? Whether intended or...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The mid bass and lower bass are fine, the lower bass is another subject. It is there and it is goo but I would like to have more. It is not that it is deficient but… put in this way if it has more than my playback will be a...
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I have no specific personal interest in any new analog adventures as I am pretty comfortable with sound I am getting but for sake of expending the general horizons about what is available out there I would like to point out one might be interesting t...
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The "better" 5751s got here and I took advantage of wifey's absence to listen at night. It was cool and the electricity was pretty good, just a little "dry", but no "cotton". Lazy boy, I still haven't fixed my DAC, so I have had only viny...
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[quote user="drdna"]…Sorry for your disappointing experience. [/quote]
Why was it a disappointing experience? I was not. It might be disappointing for him – he did close the sale, but it was not disappointing for me.
I read his comments about his ...
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Thanks, starboy.
It is educational. Your Mantis might be an interesting cartridge and it is too bad that there is no way getting any frame of its performance besides buying it. Among the people I know, in whose listening rooms I was and why were and...
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Alex,
I am sorry, I know very little about Benz cartridges but I was wondering what heck you do for living that you are able 6 hours a day spin records while you in the office. Are you getting paid for listening and changing the records? Or ar...
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