What Cartridge(s) Is Everyone Using
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LOL. All this talk about it having a short life spooked me a bit. I'm just giving the guy a break. He'll be back in soon enough. The thing is the A90 is a great all-rounder. The other carts do some things better, some a lot better. When in a state of multi-arm and cart lunacy and being able to switch between them literally takes seconds it's easy for a fantastic all-rounder to go less played. If I were forced to live with just one cart I already own, it would be easily in the top 3. Fortunately I don't have to make the choice for the top one. It would be too difficult.
garylkoh
WBF Technical Expert (Speakers & Audio Equipment)
Jack, it's not lunacy - cartridges are easier to switch out than loudspeakers
We are usually forced to live with one loudspeaker. Not with cartridges, especially when you have a table that would take multiple arms.
Especially if that loudspeaker is a G1! Then again if I had G1s, "forced" would not be the word I'd use. I think "fortunate" would be a better fit.
Then again if I had G1s, "forced" would not be the word I'd use. I think "fortunate" would be a better fit.
Hi Sam,
We did last week I enjoyed the comparison between your A90 on the Ikeda and your Tiger Eye Diamond on the Koetsu FR although my focus was more on the modded Maggies. If I recall correctly you set yours up a month or two before I did mine. Time sure flies. I remember taking the delivery from Ryan when we were still living in WW.
Say, don't you have a winfield generator like the one Gary posted? I seem to recall seeing a cart in your collection that looked like that.
We did last week
I enjoyed the comparison between your A90 on the Ikeda and your Tiger Eye Diamond on the Koetsu FR although my focus was more on the modded Maggies. If I recall correctly you set yours up a month or two before I did mine. Time sure flies. I remember taking the delivery from Ryan when we were still living in WW.Say, don't you have a winfield generator like the one Gary posted? I seem to recall seeing a cart in your collection that looked like that.
garylkoh
WBF Technical Expert (Speakers & Audio Equipment)
Mullard, if you have one of those Sao Win unicorns, I would very much appreciate it if you could mount it and let me know your impressions. The one we have is extremely noisy. We speculate that it is due to the field effect elements having been deteriorated by exposure to oxygen. Without the cartridge connected, the included amplifier is totally quiet - and we don't know if it auto-mutes.
Do you know how many of these were made?
Hi Gary,
Mine did not come with an amplifier. I did not pay enough attention to the next picture but I looked at mine under a magnifying lens last night after Jack called my attention to it and mine looked exactly like the one in the picture you posted. Can you try to play the one you have without using the amplifier? I play mine straight into the mc input of my phono stage. The stylus of this cartridge is extremely small, even smaller than a Koetsu stylus, almost invisible to my eyes. I have no idea how many of these were made. This is one of my favorites and when I asked if I could purchase a second unit. I was told that with Dr. Sao Win, no one can find him, but he will find you.
Sam
Mine did not come with an amplifier. I did not pay enough attention to the next picture but I looked at mine under a magnifying lens last night after Jack called my attention to it and mine looked exactly like the one in the picture you posted. Can you try to play the one you have without using the amplifier? I play mine straight into the mc input of my phono stage. The stylus of this cartridge is extremely small, even smaller than a Koetsu stylus, almost invisible to my eyes. I have no idea how many of these were made. This is one of my favorites and when I asked if I could purchase a second unit. I was told that with Dr. Sao Win, no one can find him, but he will find you.
Sam
garylkoh
WBF Technical Expert (Speakers & Audio Equipment)
Thanks, Sam. I will try it, but from the owner's manual in the box, it says that the cartridge needs a bias voltage that is supplied by their amplifier. From what I recall, Dr Sao Win made several cartridges, including a strain gauge in the same body. That was why we initially thought that it was a strain gauge when we saw the box.
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Maybe you can downsize the picture a bit, i cant see squad .
What tracking force are you running with and where does the rest consist of , just curious from a fellow london decca user
Maybe you can downsize the picture a bit, i cant see squad .
What tracking force are you running with and where does the rest consist of , just curious from a fellow london decca user
Welcome U.H.! :b
* Yeah, what andromedaaudio just said above; regarding your picture size. :b
Bob
* Yeah, what andromedaaudio just said above; regarding your picture size. :b
Bob
Thank you, Bob, for the welcome!
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Two weeks ago I was in your wonderful country. Not Vancouver but Toronto.
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