Recent content by JimmyJet
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American Sound, "The Absolute Nothing"
Agreed! I actually did a couple of double-takes as I thought I misread the op's original description, then I saw it mounted in the pictures - I was shocked. It's almost as if the builder is trying to imply that the turntable is so good, it doesn't matter what tonearm you put on it. Also, I...- JimmyJet
- Post #11
- Forum: David Karmeli Discusses 5 Reference Turntables Forum
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Koetsu
Well, we all react differently, and my reaction was to purchase two Koetsu carts yesterday LOL! A Black Goldline and a Urushi Wajima to add to my recent Rosewood Signature. Having discovered the Koetsu magic only recently, the thought of not having anymore of these little treasures around...- JimmyJet
- Post #1,488
- Forum: Cartridges
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Koetsu
Hi all - have any of you had any experience with AudioCubes.com? Seems like they're a US company in NYC with strong ties in Japan as their About page says, "our warehouse in Osaka Japan and a liaison office in Taipei Taiwan. Orders are shipped out from our warehouse in Osaka Japan directly to...- JimmyJet
- Post #1,457
- Forum: Cartridges
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Koetsu
Right. And that's why I rushed to buy one in stock in Japan before the supply dried up. However, I do have hope based on this post that perhaps other family members besides the son were taught the skill. I would have to think so, as I find it hard to believe that Sugano, Jr. built all the...- JimmyJet
- Post #1,446
- Forum: Cartridges
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Koetsu
My first Koetsu! So thanks to the input of members of this thread, I purchased the last Koetsu in stock at Sound Heights - fortunately it was the one of the models I was after, the Rosewood Signature. This is my first Koetsu and allI can say is that I regret not having tried a Koetsu sooner...- JimmyJet
- Post #1,433
- Forum: Cartridges
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Koetsu
Ekke recommends 1:20 ratio and the Michael Ulbrich “Monster Can”. He advises against using any ratio higher than 1:20 because of over dampening the cart. A lot of good points to be learned in his Koetsu blog - he‘s a recording engineer and really knows this stuff from a technical perspective as...- JimmyJet
- Post #1,398
- Forum: Cartridges
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Koetsu
I recently heard a Koetsu Black Goldline at an audio club member's home playing some of my own vinyl, and became mesmerized. So now, I've narrowed down the Koetsu I want to purchase between the Rosewood Signature and the Urushi Vermilion thanks to this wonderfully and detailed written blog. (I'm...- JimmyJet
- Post #1,391
- Forum: Cartridges
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Has anyone moved on from idlers, Garrards??
No - to be honest, the other reason I like the multi-turntable approach is it offers the opportunity to have different tonearms and carts, e.g., on my CA belt drive, I have a very tuned system using a CA tonearm and CA cart - as I heard this combo at my LAD, fell in love with it, and actually...- JimmyJet
- Post #39
- Forum: Turntables
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Has anyone moved on from idlers, Garrards??
@kozzmo I believe you should keep your idler and add to it. By that, I mean that I think everyone who’s serious about vinyl should own one of each genre, i.e., idler, belt, direct drive. For my belt, I own a Clearaudio Innovation Wood with 12” Universal tone arm. For my direct drive, I own a...- JimmyJet
- Post #31
- Forum: Turntables
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The new audiophile vinyl series The Original Source from Deutsche Grammophon (AAA)
@mtemur Thank you for this - now it makes sense! I thought I was loosing my mind. That original WAM graph is a mess and a waste of everyone‘s time because of the mixed standards - it’s comparing apples to oranges (and of course MF wouldn’t have taken the time to analyze it and just passed it...- JimmyJet
- Post #566
- Forum: General Analog Audio Forum
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Baerwald? LofgrenB? Stevenson? The math behind alignment conventions
@mtemur Thank you!- JimmyJet
- Post #44
- Forum: Vinyl Forum
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Baerwald? LofgrenB? Stevenson? The math behind alignment conventions
@miglto Yes, thanks - those are IEC, I’m specifically looking for the DIN version of those null points.- JimmyJet
- Post #41
- Forum: Vinyl Forum
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Baerwald? LofgrenB? Stevenson? The math behind alignment conventions
Since we’re talking IEC null points here, would any of you happen to know what the DIN null points are for Lofgren A & B? I’ve looked on line and haven’t come up with anything - I would think there’d be a chart somewhere listing all the null points for all the different geometries for every...- JimmyJet
- Post #39
- Forum: Vinyl Forum
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Can anyone explain why this works (technically, it shouldn't)
Ok - mystery solved! Thanks to @DasguteOhr & @mtemur, I found two German reviews linked from the Line Magnetic German website and they both allude to transformers being used in the bottom half of the case shielded away from the electronics above. The other thing I figured out based on one of...- JimmyJet
- Post #10
- Forum: General Audio Forum
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