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Soundsmith SMMC1 moving-iron phono cartridge
The audio industry may have lost a legend and a prolific innovator in Henry Kloss a few years back, but it still has another affable, creative eccentric in Peter Ledermann. In the mid-1970s, Ledermann...
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Ortofon Rondo Bronze MC phono cartridge
An enduringly healthy phono-cartridge industry? After a quarter of a century of rushing right out to buy the latest digital music appliances? You bet. Beyond even my own sunny expectations, new...
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Listening #69
Janet watched the record spin wildly, mildly awestruck. She nodded its waya gesture that took in all the other 78rpm discs piled nearbyand asked, "How long have you had those?""I got most of them in...
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Listening #72
I'm old enough to remember when "Made in Japan" was an insult. As a child, I saw that phrase on only the cheapest or craziest toyssome stamped out of tin and cupped together by a tab with a fiendish...
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Listening #76
"Glory to the genius of Edison!"Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Once upon a time, a little girl named Kirsten was playing in the woods when she spotted a gleam of light on the forest floor. Bending down for a...
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Grado Prestige Gold1 phono cartridge
In the early to mid-1980s, I read every high-end hi-fi magazine I could get my hands on. Among the consequences was my discovery that the Grado Signature Seven phono cartridgewhich was better and...
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Linn Sondek LP12 turntable & Klyde phono cartridge
If you asked me to name a single specific high-end audio component that could make or break a system, I'd name the Linn LP12 turntable. Of all the thousands of hi-fi products I've heard over the...
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Ortofon MC-2000 MC phono cartridge
Although the idea of a $1000 moving-coil cartridge no longer shocks audiophiles, it is still not exactly what I'd call "Mainstream Hi-Fi."Audio magazine's 1984 Equipment Directorythe most complete...
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Miyajima Shilabe phono cartridge
The unusual Miyajima Shilabe moving-coil cartridge ($2800) came to my attention through a friend, and I obtained one from the importer, Robin Wyatt of Robyatt Audio, a music lover and dedicated...
View ArticleSoundsmith Strain Gauge SG-200 phono cartridge system
Strain-gauge phono cartridges are rarely made and seldom heard; for most vinyl fans, they are more myth than fact. Panasonic once made one, as did Sao Win, but those were decades ago. I've heard about...
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Brinkmann Pi phono cartridge
The Brinkmann Pi cartridge's Benz-Micro heritage was obvious from the get-go. The motor is built to Brinkmann's specifications by Benz-Micro and includes a Micro-Ridge stylus. The cantilever material...
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Listening #108
I set out on a fishing trip but returned less than an hour later, empty-handed. You asked me, reasonably enough, "What happened?""I spent a half-hour digging in the garden for worms, but couldn't find...
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Listening #110
Phono cartridgesalong with mothballs, hobnails, laundry bluing, hot-water bottles, lighter fluid, fur coats, and typewritersare among the most outdated of consumer goods: To most people who make...
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London (Decca) Jubilee/Reference phono cartridge
London phono cartridges still carry the famous Decca name (even if only in parentheses), but they are now produced by John Wright, a precision engineer and ex-Decca employee. Wright (not to be confused...
View ArticleThe Entry Level #23
It was around 7pm on Tuesday evening when I bumped into Nicole and Ms. Little on Newark Avenue, in downtown Jersey City. The girls were on their way to Kristen's shop, Kanibal Home, for their weekly...
View ArticleLyra Atlas MC phono cartridge
At the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, I spoke with Lyra's Jonathan Carr about the Atlas. He told me that, rather than having started as a blank sheet of paper, the Atlas is an outgrowth of the Kleos...
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Kiseki Blue Goldspot Phono Cartridge
Koetsu. Kiseki. Keebler. Products from all of these firms are shrouded in at least a bit of mystery. Do I believe that Koetsu cartridges are hand-built by an octogenarian samurai swordsmith, or that...
View ArticleLyra Etna MC phono cartridge
Is the high-performance audio industry stagnating? Are designers simply repackaging the past? Cynics claim so, but to me it seems that making that case gets harder by the day, as a parade of veterans...
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Transfiguration Proteus MC phono cartridge
I've lost track of how many Transfiguration cartridges I've reviewed over the years. In all that time I've never met their designer, Immutable Music's Seiji Yoshioka, but every year he sends me an...
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Music Hall Ikura LP player & Ortofon 2M Blue phono cartridge
The call I received from Music Hall's Leland Leard surprised me: "Hey, Bob, I think you'd be the perfect guy to review our new Ikura turntable!" Hmm. It had been four years since I'd reviewed a record...
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