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I getting the last word in. No more confrontation between the two of you. We can see the big picture. You two don't have to try to convince anything. Petulance at your ages! C'mon.Any more and I am sending this thread to quarantine.
Hey all, I'm new here to the site but have been an avid vinyl aficionado for many years, and have owned and used several different types of TTs over the years. What caught my eye was all the talk of the JVC Z1 carts. I Just acquired a JVC JL-F50 TT, for my garage setup, with one of the Z1-S carts on it and what looks to be a brown stylus. I have never seen or heard of one of these carts before. I would like to salvage the cart and just replace the stylus. I was reading through the sixty-some-odd pages of this thread and I see a lot of talk about the Jico and SAS styli that seem to be the best replacement for the cart. I've looked on Jico's site as well as a few others and cannot find the SAS anywhere. Unless of course I am searching under the wrong name. Can anyone steer me in the right direction on where to find a decently priced replacement stylus? I see that several people like the sound of this cart, and I would like to give it a try.Thanks for any help, and damn glad to be here!
GB,Maybe this can help you get there sooner. User reports say this is every bit as good as a 16.5. http://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/649240538-canadian-made-rcm-3d-printed-parts-you-supply-the-shopvac/The wand will accommodate 2 sizes of vac hose and has a pressure release valve to adjust suction.neo
Some people might be interested in this PDF - test reports of 5 current carts. Text is in German, but you should be able to figure out most specs, and the German photos and FR plots are easily translated. https://www.fastaudio.com/workspace/media/downloads/pdf-auf-die-spitze-getrieben_stp_04_14_046_054.pdfneo
GB,We tell people about results of cleaning records properly, but until they hear it for themselves it's just a concept. Glad it's working out.Thanks for the kind offer of some Triton X100. If I start mixing my own I'll be in touch.Let us know when you're getting ready for that cart upgrade. Maybe we can help figure it out.Regards,neo
Hi Davron94,Welcome to vinyl circle where no stone is left unturned.The SAS stylus has been discontinued. It's supposed to be reintroduced, but exactly when is unknown. The Z1 with a Jico elliptical is a decent, musical cart, but doesn't have the speed or finesse as with the SAS. The current selection of Jico Z1 styli are listed under Victor, here:http://www.jico-stylus.com/index.php?cPath=8&sort=2a&page=2The shibata looks interesting, but I haven't tried it. My Z1 SAS was $133. I suspect future pricing will be more, but that's a guess. neo
Hi neo,Tiefenabtastfähigkeit means horizontal tracking ability of increasing amplitudesat a low frequency of 300 Hz or 315 Hz.low=deep=tiefI don't know what kind of test record they use.Regards Toni
Hi Smctigue, I think everyone is close to 47K around 100 to 250pF total. Sometimes Griff loads at 100K, but I'm not sure if that's with the Z1/SAS. It might be only with a certain preamp, not sure. Halcro went to 55K + 200pF additional with the X1 I believe. Might be 47K with Z1.I load at 47 or 50K, 150 to 300pF total depending on phono stage. I have one vintage preamp that's 50K/225pF. More modern designs I use 50 to 100pF internal. I tried 53K, but went back to 47K. Did you get one of these? I thought you had those other 3, 20SLa etc. neo
I think these Stereoplay tests were made at 315 Hz too.I don't know if Test Factory in Stuttgart still exists.I stopped reading Stereoplay or Audio 20 years ago and the publishing company changed -so I guess, they don't have a test laboratory anymore.I'm a fan of Audio Technica MM carts (but they need the correct capacitance to provide a linearfrequency response between 20Hz - 20kHz)A quarter of a century ago Robert E. Greene, TAS writer, Mathematics Professor at UCLA andviolinist wrote a TAS article in issue 72 about MMs and MCs which in my opinion is still validat present:http://www.regonaudio.com/Stanton881AudioTechnicaATML70.html