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I shot a Pic from a Turntable, the owner bought a brand-new Ortofon cartridge this week. When I looked at the pic I saw that the angle is not the angle Framer recommends. It is not a super sharp picture, because the focus adjustments were on a differ...
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Well, maybe a little cussing first to set the tone. The older SPU's are now well sought after, many will end up in collections at now over inflated prices probably in the Far-East where they are worshipped. I've heard a few older SPU's and even those...
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I, after being sick and tired form the Denon 102 misery, got the Ortofon Mono needle. I was under impression that Ortofon Mono was true mono cartridge with one coil. However, when I opened it up to mount it’s insert on my “Chernobyl Spinnaker” tonear...
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Hi Romy,On the Ortofon website those models of the SPU which don't come with inbuilt transformers, have a recommended load of >100 ohm. Using the cartridge into too low an impedance load definitely does lift the lower frequencies. Too high and the...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]On the Ortofon website those models of the SPU which don't come with inbuilt transformers, have a recommended load of >100 ohm. Using the cartridge into too low an impedance load definitely does lift the lower frequencie...
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Who know anything about this needle?I am playing now this CG-25 - my new Ortofon replacement. This new cartridge is turn out to be “MONO CG 25 Di”. It looks and feel completely different and this CG-25 is what I called the TRUE mono cartridge. I...
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Hi Paul,Yes, I agree with everything you have said. I love the Well Tempered system because it is extremely simple and elegant, as you say, making it easy to work with.The older top of the line Decca London Jubilee has incredible presence but was no...
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I even never thought about “damaging of stereo records” as there are other objectives to peruse mono cartridge.
Anyhow, I appreciate your help, Brain. I understand that White/Blue and Red/Green carry identical signal but it is not the question. The...
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I believe the $5000 Swiss-built "Magic Diamond" cartridges use the SPU motor assembly - and weren't EMT cartridges also based on Ortofon?
Truly the Momma and Poppa of MCs.
Brian.
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Do any of you, the SPU Mono users, know how the SPU MONO coils wired internally? Is it a stereo cartridge strapped mono or it is a single coil cartridge with two channels running in parallel from the same coil? Is anyhow even seen any...
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It was kind of strange news:
http://operafresh.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-ortofon-flagship-mc-anna-inspired.html
“This year we are very proud and honoured to introduce our new High End cartridge MC Anna, dedicated to the virtuoso op...
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Romy, is that an SPU Mono that you have there? This converted stereo cartridge (SPU = Stereo Pick Up) has its coils rotated 45 degrees to reduce vertical sensing.
The Ortofon C Series are the genuine mono cartridges - the motor system is the same ...
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I have been running my new Ortofon SPU Mono cartridge and can’t figure out why SPU has such a strong positive reputation and why some SPU users when I ask them about Sound of those cartridge they roll up their eyes. Yes, it is all around fine cartrid...
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OK, guys, thanks for your help.
It looks as I made it eventually to sound better. I increased the loading impedance to 90R (which hardly means anything, still can't figure out hoe much the Ortofon what to have it. They say 47K, which probably...
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Romy,Yes, I measured my cartridge-tonearm combination with test disk. The resonant frequency was completely different compared to calculation with http://www.mh-audio.nl/MySystem/RF.asp.7 years ago, I tried Fidelity
Research FR-64FX with Grado Sona...
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I shot a Pic from a Turntable, the owner bought a brand-new Ortofon cartridge this week. When I looked at the pic I saw that the angle is not the angle Framer recommends. It is not a super sharp picture, because the focus adjustments were on a differ...
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Persistent due diligence will eventually turn up the obscure part of the Ortofon DK website that lists prices and procedures for rebuilding services for some Ortofon cartridges (including the Jubilee, I think), and the DK site makes it look for all t...
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Yesterday I was more-or-less randomly reading Stereophile, skimming, in case something interesting to me appears, and Mr. Fremer in his Ortofon Verismo cartridge report told that top Ortofon cartridges use "6 nines" copper wire that has been gold pla...
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That just about sums it up, all right. You'd think it would be obvious that cartridges are not a viable subject for DIY/boutique building and/or modding; but, apparently, they are yet approached in this way by a small "underground" army of hopefuls,...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]On the Ortofon website those models of the SPU which don't come with inbuilt transformers, have a recommended load of >100 ohm. Using the cartridge into too low an impedance load definitely does lift the lower frequencie...
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Hi Paul,Yes, I agree with everything you have said. I love the Well Tempered system because it is extremely simple and elegant, as you say, making it easy to work with.The older top of the line Decca London Jubilee has incredible presence but was no...
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Since I discovered repeatable VTA/SRA, my Ortofon MC-3000 II cartridge (with matching T-3000 SUT) has been about as ignore-able as a hard-tracing cartridge in a hi-res system can be. Too bad it took me so long to figure out the repeatable VTA/SRA! ...
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...with an Ortofon 10, sold it and got a Benz Pearl....neither of these are high end by any stretch, but the Ortofonwas way noisy compared to the Benz...beats me.I'm using an older Luxman PD277 TT, what do you think it would cost to really make an up...
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It has nothing on it besides “Ortofon Mono”. Perhaps if I remove it form the standard Ortofon whale-shape shell then I will be able to identify it. The manual that comes with it said: “SPU cartridges” and has the specification for the entire line up....
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Well, maybe a little cussing first to set the tone. The older SPU's are now well sought after, many will end up in collections at now over inflated prices probably in the Far-East where they are worshipped. I've heard a few older SPU's and even those...
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It wound up taking 9 weeks to get my re-built cartridge back from/through the Ortofon DK/USA consortium, and then I let the re-built cartridge just sit there in is box for another 2 weeks. When I finally went to re-mount it, I managed to snap a ver...
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If you try/find an acceptable active MC step-up, please share your experience. I think the (stupid) Boulder op amp is the only one I've heard so far that does not sound severely "compressed" to me, and it really pisses me off that I have n...
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[quote user="RonyWeissman"]Try as I might, I can't get my sme3012/shelter 901 combo to do tubas . My ortofon309/vintage mono cartridge does it magnificently the tuba down low makes me goosevumps all over just likenthe cello. I think my stepup for she...
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A couple of great electricity days/listening sessions have established that the broken-in refurbished cartridge is better now than it was when I first formulated a relative VTA solution, using the old/original cartridge. Naturally, I always use the R...
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[quote user="AlexBerger"]Romy,
I use Ortofon Rondo Bronze with Nottingham Spacearm and Spacedeck. I hate Spacearm because bad tracking. Also, I can't add mass to Spacearm.I going to try a heavy tonearm.Fidelity Research FR-64FX with Ortofon Ro...
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