Category: Tone Arms & Cartridges
Nagaoka MP500 Phono Cartridge
May 1, 2018
The Nagaoka MP500 stands at the top of Nagaoka’s phono cartridge line. Incorporating a line-contact stylus mounted on a boron cantilever, it is designed for connection to a [Read More]
Lyric Audio PS 10 Phono Preamplifier
May 1, 2017
But first…. One of my great deficiencies as a hi-fi guy is that even after thirty odd years in this hobby I have an especially limited scientific understanding of how my gear works. Oh, [Read More]
J.C.Verdier La Nouvelle Platine Turntable
January 17, 2017
I remember reading somewhere a particular French amplifier being described as one which you don’t just buy, but one which you have a love affair with. The writer went further. He said [Read More]
Audio Technica OC9/III MC Phono Cartridge
January 17, 2017
That Smell? Disaster On The Wind A few months ago I was fiddling with the headshell on my Jelco SA-750DB tonearm, which contained my trusty, if long in the tooth, Audio Technica OC9/II [Read More]
Pre Audio ASP-1501 Turntable
November 10, 2016
Ever since the advent of the vinyl record, mankind has been grappling with the problem of how to play this piece of black plastic with the most fidelity to the original recorded sound. Womankind, [Read More]
Audio Technica 440MLb cartridge
December 17, 2015
Don’t Do What I Do Before I expand on that age worn but worthy piece of advice, let’s take a little visit to my audio past. One day in 1974-75, while still living in my [Read More]
Charisma Audio MC-2 Phono Cartridge
September 23, 2015
I’ll admit that I have always thought that mating a good tonearm and cartridge was one of the easiest things you could do in setting up a hi-fi system. All you [Read More]
Abis SA-1.2 Tonearm, Pyon Sound MC Master L Step Up Device and TiGLON MGL-10P Tonearm Cable
September 2, 2015
Ever since I added the excellent George Warren turntable to my system, I have developed a new found appreciation for vinyl and all its virtues. Consequently, whenever I travel on business I inevitably find [Read More]
Aurorasound VIDA Phono Stage
August 7, 2015
Wow, how fast time flies! It has already been four years since I embarked on the road to the analog world. One of the best things I have ever done was to reward myself [Read More]
AER LP ENERGIZER
May 13, 2015
To tell you the truth, I really did not want to like the AER LP Energizer. Why? Because, apart from anything else, it will be an additional step in an already long and [Read More]
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