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    Ok, so what is it about watches?

    Yes a Reverso is another great choice for women, as is the Cartier Tank. Really any Cartier is a great choice IMHO. Thus my recommendation of the Santos which wears 'sportier' than the Tank.
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    Ok, so what is it about watches?

    The brand certainly has a long history and have always produced watches of the highest quality. It remains a very heavy lift for them to improve their market position. Quality-wise there is not much gap if any. But in terms of public demand, the gap is huge. That is VERY hard to turn around...
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    Ok, so what is it about watches?

    Here's she's wearing a Cartier Santos. It's mechanical, stainless steel, and comes with the metal bracelet and a leather strap. Swapping out the bracelet for the strap is easy and Cartier have straps in many different colors and materials. MSRP is $7050.00 Readily available directly from...
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    Ok, so what is it about watches?

    My wife goes for "understated elegance." It now depends on your budget. Mechanical vs. Quartz.
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    Ok, so what is it about watches?

    Also, many popular wristwatches in late 2023 simply cannot be purchased by walking into a jewelry store / brand boutique. Many are quite scarce, on "waiting lists," etc. So it all depends on what you want, what you're willing to pay, and whether you'd be OK buying from a well-vetted "gray...
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    Ok, so what is it about watches?

    I've been very interested in watches for almost 20 years now. When I met my wife (16 yrs ago) she was wearing a plastic black Casio, and now over the years she's also become interested in mechanical wristwatches. So she has a very nice little collection herself now. To me, the interest stems...
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    Is there much love for cassette decks here?

    I had a few dozen Grateful Dead bootleg cassettes from my tape trading days in college. Maybe some of them spent too much time in a hot car, but over the years I was finding the little felt pads becoming unglued and falling out. These were Maxell XL-II an some Teacs. Fortunately I dont really...
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    Any song recommendations for testing purposes?

    I've been using this same list (with a few additions) for over 10 years. The benefit of that is that I know what to listen for. What A Shame - Patricia Barber - Cafe Blue Georgia On My Mind - Jacintha - Here's to Ben In the Wee Small Hours - Jacintha - Here's to Ben Walking on the Moon...
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    Koetsu

    I learned from Naim that the effective mass of my arm is 11 grams . . . for what that's worth!
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    Koetsu

    Hi Phil. The very experienced guy at my local shop has the same attitude. "I can make (pretty much) any cartridge work with any arm." I know so little about turntables, but suspect that that's right. As a follow up, I suppose I do wonder why if a manufacturer makes a beautiful carbon fibre low...
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    Koetsu

    He switched back to the Clearaudio. That's all I know!
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    Koetsu

    One challenge is that Clearaudio / Naim don't offer any other counterweight. A friend put his Lyra from his LP-12 onto his Solstice and couldn't set up the tracking weight until he figured out that the weight from his original Aro arm actually fits on this new Aro 2. The Clearaudio for Naim...
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    Koetsu

    I dont know what the effective mass of the original Aro was (I think it's in the 10-12 g range) but I think that my Aro2 is not much higher than that. I'll confirm before making a purchase of course.
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    Koetsu

    I just want to do as much as is reasonable (and I dont know how much that is) to match the cartridge's properties to the arm's properties. This is a unipivot arm, carbon fibre tube, and while I'm getting the manufacture to verify, I think it's effective mass is in the 11-12 g range. I've...
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    Koetsu

    Thanks! He lives 250 miles away . . . so I'll be interested to see what my local dealer has hangin' around that I can demo. Otherwise, so long as the specs line up and the cartridge is a good match for my arm, I have to believe that the devoted following means a lot!
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