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re: Audiophile/Vinyl Thread - Post Pics, Advice, Questions, Setups, etc.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 9:26 pm to HebertFest08
Posted on 12/4/17 at 9:26 pm to HebertFest08
Marco... got on a vpi page and Mat Weisfeld said to just get the 2m black replacement stylus. He said they had done it and it sounded great. Plus it’s an easy change. It’s not quite as good if you were to change out the whole cart, but he recommended doing it like that.
Read on ortofon’s site that the red/blue bodies are different than the black/bronze bodies. They will completely interchange, but you lose some of the qualities of the cart by doing it. I asked Mat specifically and he said they say it on the site, but it would be a huge upgrade from the red.
I see the black is a Shibata and the bronze isn’t. They say the black is very revealing, almost to a fault.
What you think?
Read on ortofon’s site that the red/blue bodies are different than the black/bronze bodies. They will completely interchange, but you lose some of the qualities of the cart by doing it. I asked Mat specifically and he said they say it on the site, but it would be a huge upgrade from the red.
I see the black is a Shibata and the bronze isn’t. They say the black is very revealing, almost to a fault.
What you think?
This post was edited on 12/4/17 at 9:53 pm
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Posted on 12/5/17 at 8:04 pm to HebertFest08
So this past weekend we had some family in from out of town for a visit. The group included my four sweet little nieces, ranging in age from 3 to 8. Well, un-beknownst to me, the five year old decided to play DJ with my Rega Planar 3/Rega Exact cartridge.
Earlier in the afternoon Friday, I had been fooling around with the settings on my preamp (Schiit Mani), and got pulled away. Well, I left an LP on the platter (Disc 1, Side one of the Best of Eva Cassidy), and the dust cover off - I normally don't leave the dustcover on, but had planned to put it on for the weekend to discourage little hands. My bad!
Well, the sweet little 5 year old found her way into that room, and from the looks of the record, tried to draw on it with the tonearm. Her dad (my brother-in-law) discovered and promptly brought it to my attention and told me he had already ordered a new copy of the LP and was having it sent to me, stand-up guy. Well, later I go to more closely inspect the damage, and drop the needle on that LP to survey the damage. Immediately, I can tell something is bad wrong. Long story a bit shorter, her DJ session ripped the stylus off of the cantilever. Damn, $600 cartridge down the drain (luckily for me I didn't pay that, or the pain of this episode would have been much greater).
So, I had several cartridges on my want list including Hana E, Dynavector 10x5, Ortofon 2M Black or Bronze or perhaps replace the Rega Exact. Well, I couldn't or wouldn't make up my mind and pull the trigger, so for (nearly) immediate gratification, I ordered a Nagaoka MP-110 for USD126 via Amazon Prime. Well, I got it this evening, put it on, aligned it, cranked it up, and will say I am awfully impressed. Can't believe how nice it sounds for under $150. So now I am afforded with the luxury of time to read and obsess on what my permanent replacement is going to be, but at first blush, I am going to say this little gem compares very favorable to the Rega Exact which liked a whole lot.
Earlier in the afternoon Friday, I had been fooling around with the settings on my preamp (Schiit Mani), and got pulled away. Well, I left an LP on the platter (Disc 1, Side one of the Best of Eva Cassidy), and the dust cover off - I normally don't leave the dustcover on, but had planned to put it on for the weekend to discourage little hands. My bad!
Well, the sweet little 5 year old found her way into that room, and from the looks of the record, tried to draw on it with the tonearm. Her dad (my brother-in-law) discovered and promptly brought it to my attention and told me he had already ordered a new copy of the LP and was having it sent to me, stand-up guy. Well, later I go to more closely inspect the damage, and drop the needle on that LP to survey the damage. Immediately, I can tell something is bad wrong. Long story a bit shorter, her DJ session ripped the stylus off of the cantilever. Damn, $600 cartridge down the drain (luckily for me I didn't pay that, or the pain of this episode would have been much greater).
So, I had several cartridges on my want list including Hana E, Dynavector 10x5, Ortofon 2M Black or Bronze or perhaps replace the Rega Exact. Well, I couldn't or wouldn't make up my mind and pull the trigger, so for (nearly) immediate gratification, I ordered a Nagaoka MP-110 for USD126 via Amazon Prime. Well, I got it this evening, put it on, aligned it, cranked it up, and will say I am awfully impressed. Can't believe how nice it sounds for under $150. So now I am afforded with the luxury of time to read and obsess on what my permanent replacement is going to be, but at first blush, I am going to say this little gem compares very favorable to the Rega Exact which liked a whole lot.
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