Anyone gonna spill the beans as to who is making the cart
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Anyone gonna spill the beans as to who is making the cart
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Not yet but it is £10 less expensive than I was originally told. It is £25.99
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Available here - only £27.47!
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Looks like an upgrade for LP12 ownersOriginally Posted by Alex_UK
Only kidding folks ...
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Yes, I should add that wasn't a dig at Techies (I own an SL-150/SL-1500 myself!) or indeed the new uber-cheap (as yet unknown) cartridge HiFi Dave has waiting secretly in the wings... Just my little joke at what you can get cheap!
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Dave, you are such a tease...
Can you at least tell us something about the cartridge, even if you can't tell us where it's coming from?
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Another vote for the AT95e here, very musical, interested what the new super budget cart is
There was an excellent thread on Vinyl Engine dealing with mods for the AT95. One fairly easy one is to cut the sides and front from the stylus housing leaving just the base. This obviously has to be done very, very carefully but apparently it improves the performance of the cartridge significantly. Probably best practised on an old, worn out stylus first though.
I bought an HE stylus from LPGear in the US for the AT95 I ran on my old Thorens TD316 which was fitted to a LINN Basik LVX arm and the improvement was staggering. Gorgeous delicate highs, a much more open midband and better definition in the lower registers, it also improved imaging quite a bit too. In all the sound was far more real...
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I wonder if the AT95E will be a distant cousin of this newbie giant killer?Another vote for the AT95e here, very musical, interested what the new super budget cart is
The AT95E is one of those cartridges that works a dream in uber-decks and if you've got a good one, it trounces so many flash pretenders, despite not having PCOCC wires and gold pins like the AT110E was supposed to have (the 110E can be better but has a possible bass heaviness in some decks - or lack of treble depending on taste
I'm still going to mention yet again the Shure Me97XE, since tracing of heavy 12" 45rpm grooves will be exemplary and its unexaggerated performance should allow hours of enjoyable listening with potentially better detailing than an AT95E...
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I wouldn't disagree with you at all Dave. The M97XE is one of the candidates I am considering to replace the Goldring once its stylus wears out (unless I am lucky enough to obtain a replacement that is). Apparently an SAS stylus totally transforms the M97XE into a truly top performer, which appeals to me a lot
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