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I wrote a lot of posts anticipating receiving my Ultradeck and wrestling with what Cart to use. At first, my choice was the Ortofon Black LVB, even bought it, but soon learned there could likely be a resonance issue with it. All that aside, it was this post from Anthony and advice of my own...

Has anyone used an Anti Static Brush like this one on their UltraDeck? I'm just wondering where I would place it since the belt drive is located where I would normally think to. Thank you.

That's the Cart my tech suggested to me in the first place. I've decided to just send the Ortofon Black LVB back. I'm using the few hundred savings towards a mint/new Trichord Dino MK3 Phone Stage with separate power supply, so I can use the Hana SL and go to line in on my McIntosh C-42 that...

Wow. My Cart of choice is the LVB, but only because I "think" it will be far better than the Master Tracker and only a few hundred more in price. Its compliance is 22. That Ortfon blue is 20, so similar? Here's a quote from another forum from someone commenting on me wanting to use the...

Yes, we are saying the same thing about the dampening and you are validating my suspicion that the dampening allows for more MM Cart choices than what the mass of the tone arm and compliance would suggest. This may seem silly, but because the Master Tracker is $500 when purchased with Ultradeck...

Is the Tone Arm weight on the Studio Deck and Ultra Deck the same? I found very interesting information that, if true, and have no reason to doubt it, suggests the decks may be able to take MM Carts I've been previously led to believe would be off the charts in Hz given their compliance...

Too many people I talk to are telling me I'm over-thinking this. I called a distributor for MoFi today and they told they've put Ortofon 2M's on UD's and so long as they are setup properly, work fine. On paper, there should be a problem with the mass of the UD Tone Arm and the LVB compliance...

I'm not sure that Zephyr would work with my MM input, but even if it would, it's close to $2,000. For less than half that I'm now looking at the Nagaoka MP-500 (MP500) phono cartridge Nagaoka MP-500 (MP500) phono cartridge It's just below what I was going to spend on the LVB and seems like...

I do, but haven't opened it yet. It's a bit more complicated than that. I don't want to set this up myself, so I'm paying a great Tech to set it up for me. I don't want to pay him twice. On every single tech site and tool, it indicates the mass of this, and its compliance is just a bad...

I'm chickening out and returning the Ortofon Black LVB. There is just too much "what-if's" about this to sit comfortably with me. At the age of 67, I got back in to vinyl a year ago, when I dug out my TT from 1978, a SL-23 Technics, slapped a $100 AT-VM95M on it, replaced the belt and my jaw...

The install hasn't happened yet. I'm receiving the Ultradeck without a cart on Thursday. I ordered the Black LVB, which arrives today. I was explaining that when I use all the various tools and such, given the high mass of the MoFi tone arm of 25.14g and the compliance of the VLB at 22, it...

Found this ... not sure how accurate it is, but it's very interesting. Using this tool, my combination seems acceptable. We'll see. Korf Compliance/Effective Mass Calculator

I already ordered it via Amazon Prime. Fairly sure they wouldn't give me a hard time either. I've had my heart set on the LVB, so your words are music to my ears, but on paper, even under the most forgiving of charts, it points to resonance issues. It's all science and physics so it boggles...

I am still wrestling with my choice of putting an Ortofon Black LVB on the Ultradeck, despite the highly qualified tech telling me it should be fine. The specs of the Cart and tone arm fall fairly well outside of the preferred resonance space. I am limited at the moment to a MM cart. Does...

That was very cool of you to do. I'll print this out and bring to my Tech this weekend. He probably knows all this, but won't hurt to give him. He's mounting an Ortofon Black LVB on the Ultradeck for me. I'm nervous as hell about it since the LVB is 22 compliance and tonearm is 25 g, but...

Is there a general rule of thumb for when replacing the belt on the ULtraDeck is a good idea? Or can it last for years?

By the way, anyone here using this tonearm lifter on their ultradeck? How do you like it and which one fits, Low or High? Thank you. Little Fwend Edit: Nevermind, found it. It works and is Low Compatible turntables — LITTLE FWEND

Thank you. That makes me feel a lot better. What I don't understand, is why it's common advice to match high cap. carts, LVB is 22 with low to medium weight arms. Ultradeck is a heavy arm at 25.14 g. Not that I don't understand, I sorta do, has to do with resonance; but if that's the case...

Hello All, As this is a 102 page thread and just found it, please forgive me for not reading it all yet. I Just purchased a used/mint Ultradeck with no cartridge. Has anyone had any experience using the Ortofon Black LVB on it? I'm told by a local tech that is actually a better match with...