Stylus cleaning evolved to a worrying state by the story of residue left on the stylus using Onzow Zerodust. The article on Anolog Planet by M. Fremer based on pictures provided by @J.R. Boisclair didn’t directly accuse but implied Zerodust as the culprit. A New article is shared on Tracking...
I'm hoping to learn from others on this topic. How reliable is the Tonearm+Cartridge fundamental resonance chart/calculators found at resfreq.com or vinyl engine? What is the actual "target" range for the resonance frequency? Is it 7-12Hz? 8-12Hz? 9-11Hz? And what is the underlying objective...
Introduction
Jonathan Grado, Vice President of Marketing at Grado Labs, of Brooklyn, New York, offered in November of 2019 to send to me the Lineage Series Epoch3, the new version of the Epoch moving iron cartridge, and the Grado Labs flagship cartridge. I replied that I would love to audition...
I am pleased to announce that Believe High Fidelity will be taking delivery of the 1st Etsuro Urushi Gold Cartridge ever produced. This baby is a dream come true and we can't wait to play some music on it.
The Cantilever is diamond
The Stylus tip is diamond
The Plate is Sapphire
The Housing is...
Cartridges probably are the most difficult component to compare. There is the variability about setting up two different cartridges as similarly as possible, one after the other, on the same tonearm. There also is the fact that sample-to-sample variation among different copies of the same...