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[Jbraswell]

So for $250 usd more than the standard 103 you get a clear plastic body and his name on it?

Price check the DL-103R instead.
I think it's closer to $500 normally.
It's a better cart but can't remember the spec differences.

 

[Mather]

Price check the DL-103R instead.
I think it's closer to $500 normally.
It's a better cart but can't remember the spec differences.

Ya, that's what I meant, this one is $250 more than the standard 103r which is $499?

 

[Jbraswell]

Ya, that's what I said, this one is $250 more than the standard which is $499?

Oh weird. $550 from here

 

[Mather]

Oh weird. $550 from here

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Ohhhhh fuck you know what? One of the new Google updates has started automatically converting websites USD amounts to CAD but it doesn't identify when it does or doesn't do it. It's not great. That's what's happening here... I need to figure out how to disable it.

 

[Jbraswell]

Ohhhhh fuck you know what? One of the new Google updates has started automatically converting websites USD amounts to CAD but it doesn't identify when it does or doesn't do it. It's not great. That's what's happening here... I need to figure out how to disable it.

Fucking Canadian AI

 

[Jbraswell]

Anyway if anyone tries the artsy 103R, I am curious about your feedback. It's kind of a classic design that goes back decades.

 

[SnowmaNick]

So thousands of dollars.

I have probably spent more on cables than @Mather so I’d probably be a “better” target.

Anyway, Mather’s point regarding the casing stands. To further it, I find all the recent press coverage of Lamborghini themed turntables, or Ferrari branded whatever to be just as silly as this 103 “special”. I guess there’s a collector appeal, but performance wise it seems like a misuse of budget. You can get a 103 cart with a better body, stylus, and/or cantilever for similar money that has a better chance of improving or changing performance than a transparent plastic casing.

 

[SnowmaNick]

i wonder if my music hall PA2.2 can do MC cartridges good enough... the hana el asks for more than 400 load impedance and the MC side of it have only 100 ohm.. that and the fact that it only does 0.4mV and hana needs 0.5mV

otherwise I think when I upgrade (whether rega, musichall, mofi, etc depends on my future.. i need a job) I might just stay on moving magnet (maybe getting a bronze or something)

I ran a Hana SL at 128 Ohms and it sounded beautiful. FWIW.

 

[Jbraswell]

I have probably spent more on cables than @Mather so I’d probably be a “better” target.

Anyway, Mather’s point regarding the casing stands. To further it, I find all the recent press coverage of Lamborghini themed turntables, or Ferrari branded whatever to be just as silly as this 103 “special”. I guess there’s a collector appeal, but performance wise it seems like a misuse of budget. You can get a 103 cart with a better body, stylus, and/or cantilever for similar money that has a better chance of improving or changing performance than a transparent plastic casing.

The shell is questionable for sure but the coils are probably where they put some special touches in.

 

[Nee Lewman]

I have probably spent more on cables than @Mather so I’d probably be a “better” target.

Anyway, Mather’s point regarding the casing stands. To further it, I find all the recent press coverage of Lamborghini themed turntables, or Ferrari branded whatever to be just as silly as this 103 “special”. I guess there’s a collector appeal, but performance wise it seems like a misuse of budget. You can get a 103 cart with a better body, stylus, and/or cantilever for similar money that has a better chance of improving or changing performance than a transparent plastic casing.

Wouldn’t be as fun if it was all factual.

 

[MikeH]

Who else got the fosi audio mono blocks? @kvetcha was it you? Deciding what bonuses I should go for…guessing just one Muses chip is silly for 2 amps?

 

[kvetcha]

Who else got the fosi audio mono blocks? @kvetcha was it you? Deciding what bonuses I should go for…guessing just one Muses chip is silly for 2 amps?

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It was meeee. It does seem a little silly to get one chip for two amps, so I’ll probably get two or just skip the gift.

 

[Angsty]

I ran a Hana SL at 128 Ohms and it sounded beautiful. FWIW.

There is a line of thought that impedance matching of low impedance MC coils really only changes the output level, not the frequency response. In most cases, there has to be some nominal input impedance, say 100 ohms, to damp Mhz level resonances but that specific impedance is not critical.

There was an article in Stereophile about this a few months ago. Still, some audiophiles will vigorously dispute that, which is their right to do so.

 

[Angsty]

A wall treatment I saw today that might not frighten your significant other.

Chiaroscuro in Color | felt right

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[Mather]

A wall treatment I saw today that might not frighten your significant other.

Chiaroscuro in Color | felt right

feltright.com

That's a smart idea

 

[AnthonyI]

That's a smart idea

x2

 

[ngower]

Have you guys just tried not having a significant other? My cat never chimes in on my hi-fi purchases.

 

[Mather]

The paradox is the amount you buy is inversely proportional to the likelihood you still have a significant other...

 

[AnthonyI]

Have you guys just tried not having a significant other? My cat never chimes in on my hi-fi purchases.

32 years a few days ago, I think my "return" window has expired

 

[ngower]

My significant other is a Kickstarter campaign that never got funded