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Being an MM, wasn´t the secret of great sound from a 2m Black more to do with achieving a very low capacitance figure presented at the phono input ? Whereas my MM cartridge (A&RP77) looks for 450 pF...

By chance, has anyone got a black (ie magnesium) A&R P77 cartridge body in their spares. I have the golden plastic body and several unused original styli and would like to see if the metal body...

The negative side of vinyl, for me, is that you tend to hoard vinyls, so you end up with 2000 of themor more but only regularly listen to 300 or so but sooner or later space becomes a problem. I...

Hi,
An Italian. Unfortunately, he has taken a sabbatical over the pandemic so is not available

No idea if such a thing exists for your body but I am extremely happy with my A&R P77 and it’s Shure hyper elliptical tip. Surface noise is nowhere and the bass is very good with just the slightest...

I have returned to my pre1980 A&R P77. It has been retipped with a Shure hyper elliptical and also the suspension has been renewed with higher compliance - it now tracks at 1.4 grams instead of its...

I use my old A&RP77, retipped with a Shure Hyper Elliptical tip in my Ittok LVIII. Also my retipper mate has played with the magnet and the suspension to max out the output into my valve phono. He...

What about Colgate bicarbonate toothpaste. I use it at my jewellery shop. Things come up a treat

After poring over the owner´s manual on-line, I think I know the answer. It´s not a stand alone DAC because it goes on about drivers and the firewire connection. I´ll try a mate´s Beresford Caiman...

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I am about to try a Chromecast Audio to see what streaming can do for me as I am now deaf in one ear and perhaps I should be placing convenience ahead of...

Thanks, but maybe my case is a little different in so far I hear zero, zilch through my right ear. If I had 50 % I could use a balance control to get an impression of stereo. If I fix the balance 5%...

I´ve just had confirmation of my permanent loss of hearing in one ear, virtually 100 dB across the board, caused by a Schwannoma (benign tumour/build up of Schwann cells) which is pressuring my audio...

Can I buy ad-hocsized boards for my Mana ? They need to be a couple of cms bigger.

No idea of the values needed but I have just fitted Russian PETP K73-16 caps for coupling duties in my phono pre and my speaker crosSovers. Very impressed after a couple of months running-in. Dead...

FWIW My Esco Paratrace Troika has been sleeping in my odds and sods drawer ever since I retrieved my old A&RP77 from a similar fate and sent it off to get a Hyper Elliptical retip. In the same arm...

I had never seen a Nima headshell before this thread. I don´t remember reading any criticism for using acrylic in such a vital position whereas using it for a sub-chassis received no end of hoots in...

Hi JohnG,

I will ask him but don´t build your hopes up. I believe he is not accepting any new orders at present. I will get back to you.

What I can tell you is that there are in fact 2...

FWIW I have been using my 40 year old A&R P77 for the last year while my Esco Troika sleeps in a drawer. I had the P77 retipped with a hyper elliptical tip and also a new, different shaped magnet...

John Mayall - Bare Wires to be followed by Keef Hartley - Halfbreed. So I’m 18 again.

I have lent my Taket Batpures to a mate who has the WD20T speakers which use the Seas transparent concentric drivers and their effect is nothing short of miraculous (clarity, liveliness etc. and...

I have lent my Taket Batpures to a mate who has the WD20T speakers which use the Seas transparent concentric driver and their effect is nothing short of miraculous (clarity, liveliness etc. and...

Last year I remember asking Mr. Bakker about fitting an FGS to my Troika and he said I should stick to the Ogura Vital tip although he did mention a 5-times polished special edition Vital tip which...

When I built my WD25t speakers I used Arboseal GZ tape, as recommended by Peter Comeau in his kits, over all the inner faces of all panels and braces erc. Tedious but worth it I think, my boxes are...

Maybe the FGS is not the panacea for non Ortofon based cartridges. Maybe some cartridges are not up to it. I asked Mr. Bakker if he thought it a good choice for my Troika and he told me that the...

I discovered how isolation affects SS amps quite by accident; a mate went to Korea on business and brought me back a set of Sound Spike Will maglev feet. I immediately tried to use them between my...