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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Micro Seiki, tonearm,cartridge by analog10 on 2010-12-09 
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Hello, this is my first post here - this is a wonderful web site, critical and fair  - a lot of knowledge here and i consider you real connoiseurs - that's why  i'm hoping to resolve my problem here. I have a Micro Seiki SX-111FVL - the big L one, a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Chicken vs. eggs in analog… by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-09 
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[quote user="analog10"]Hello, this is my first post here - this is a wonderful web site, critical and fair  - a lot of knowledge here and i consider you real connoiseurs - that's why  i'm hoping to resolve my problem here. I have a Micro Seik...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: The Analog Manifest by Stitch on 2013-11-09 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Epigraph"…just buy a used Micro Seiki and don’t worry about turntables anymore; built like a tank and sounds better than TTs costing over 30K USD.” Mr. Ikeda, of Ikeda / Fidelity Research The Main bitching It amasses me how...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Broadcasting? Test Pressings? by N-set on 2012-08-03 
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I think the same Stitch has been bitching on the broadcast TSD's. Why test pressing analysis carts should be better than broadcasting?Anyway, I do not insist Paul, I've just asked. Indeed, looking into the modern Ikeda there seem to be something...at...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #108: Air Force One by guy sergeant on 2013-03-13 
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Wasn't sure where to put this but has to be seen to be believed.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ9tCRh41OMI think this is at a show in Bangkok. I'm amazed the exhibitors allowed it to happen. That Ikeda cartridge isn't really designed for this kind o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: How Old is "Old"? by Paul S on 2012-08-01 
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I think I remember the first FR from the mid-late 60s, and the FR7 came maybe 10 years later, so it could be pretty damned old.  Wasn't this stuff from "Ikeda Sama"?  Anyway, many older cartridges had/have damping materials that were not ozone-proof,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Bildungsroman by Paul S on 2012-08-03 
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Sure, there might be older cartridge designs that sounded good in their day if someone knew how to use them, but even new cartridges exhibit serious unit-to-unit variations.  Add aging and/or deteriorating suspensions, contacts, fasteners, wires, can...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: octopussied by tokyo john on 2007-01-03 
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Dear Romy,Thank you for the advice.Yes, I believe I can hard-attach another arm to my current TT if I sacrifice the dust cover. I am going to have to give it some serious consideration.I think many people end up with multi-TTs with a zillion arms bec...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: It's MM by N-set on 2011-07-19 
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I agree that the QC is probably non-existant there (the involved people correct me if I'm wrongand show your QC procedures, seriously).The holy original was made by Ikeda, as a google search reveals.They say that it's a MM:"The Pierre Clément ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #109: Stong motor/s by Romy the Cat on 2013-03-13 
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Well, in a way it is belong here. This is just an indication of the type of the people who use high-end audio toys. It is not about damage of the Ikeda cartridge, this is less relevant subject. What I feel is relevant is the level at which they find ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Hong Kong Dealer by Stitch on 2012-08-08 
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Found that from a Dealer in Hong Kong .... there are a few around....*********Model No.Fidelity Research FR-7fz MC CartridgeDescriptionFamous Fidelity Research flat ship model FR-7fz MC cartridge. Checked by Ikeda Sound Lab, guarantee in excellent wo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #52: Connections? by steverino on 2013-11-10 
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[quote user="Stitch"] Romy the Cat wrote:Epigraph"…just buy a used Micro Seiki and don’t worry about turntables anymore; built like a tank and sounds better than TTs costing over 30K USD.” Mr. Ikeda, of Ikeda / Fidelity Research The Main bitching It ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Foolishness of Analog People by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-30 
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Epigraph "…just buy a used Micro Seiki and don’t worry about turntables anymore; built like a tank and sounds better than TTs costing over 30K USD.” Mr. Ikeda, of Ikeda / Fidelity Research The Main bitching It amasses me how the preoccupation...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The cartridge lottery by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-20 
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[quote user="N-set"]I agree that the QC is probably non-existant there (the involved people correct me if I'm wrongand show your QC procedures, seriously).The holy original was made by Ikeda, as a google search reveals.They say that it's a MM: ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: ZYX Mono wish answered. But is this company for real? by tokyo john on 2007-01-06 
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[quote user="Brian Clark"]Perhaps Zyx will come out with a mono cart one day soon since they are now fashionable. Brian. [/quote] Sorry to be responding to an old post but ZYX has just released a mono cart which costs less than 400 dollars in Japa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #48: Micros or the modern units by Stitch on 2012-11-12 
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In a way you can write some positive / negative about nearly every Design out there. The Micro 5000 & 8000 are 20 years old, they have 2 weak features- a Platter which rings- no suspensionBUT, when we look at their latest units, we can see that M...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Arrival ... by montesquieu on 2019-10-05 
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Very interesting Amir. I am also waiting on a Model 5, to arrive in the UK. It was ordered some months ago but I ordered a balanced version (this one will be all-balanced - two balanced inputs and balanced output) and that's tak...
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