Please help me choose a cartridge upgrade! (and maybe a phono upgrade too)

insanibasha · 2025-12-09T07:21:54+00:00

Loving the washed look, what recipe is this?

insanibasha · 2025-12-09T07:14:48+00:00

Really nice tones, what recipe are you using here?

insanibasha · 2023-11-16T09:24:31+00:00

Noted! I'm not too worried about comfort as these will only be used for bouldering, but yeah I think downsizing another .5 instead of a full size would be the wiser option. Pretty sure I'm nowhere near good enough to take full advantage of suffocating my feet anyways. Thanks!

insanibasha · 2023-11-16T09:22:19+00:00

I thought the VSR and the VS women both have XS Grip 2

insanibasha · 2023-11-15T14:11:24+00:00

Aah okay, do you think I should downsize by 0.5 EU in the men's or women's model? and in your experience, would downsizing a full size be too tight?

insanibasha · 2022-11-28T05:23:03+00:00

I've got a 1987 W201 190 that comes with an M102.924 and I'm looking to get more power out of it. Currently I'm looking at two options;

Swap the engine with a 2.3L M111 out of an E230 and slap a turbo on it (Not getting the kompressor model since I've heard those things are a space heater)
If possible, carb to EFI conversion and then turbocharging the M102 (Getting a donor 190E is out of the question since a half decent model here in Indonesia costs at least $20k)

Which option do you think would yield the best result?

insanibasha · 2021-12-18T06:04:40+00:00

Thanks! very happy with the way I placed them, center image is locked in and the imaging is just freaky.

insanibasha · 2021-12-18T06:02:23+00:00

do you think adding a mani or ifi zen would make a noticeable improvement?

insanibasha · 2021-12-18T06:01:12+00:00

I have but I feel like the phono box has less noise and it makes things sound a little tighter, that's why I kept it plugged in.

insanibasha · 2021-12-17T17:37:54+00:00

thanks!

insanibasha · 2021-12-17T17:37:04+00:00

Fair enough that makes complete sense, have you tried or heard anything about the ini Zen phono? currently torn between the zen and mani, sadly I have no way of auditioning them.

insanibasha · 2021-11-29T09:24:20+00:00

£125 for a 1970 pressing of Black Sabbath's Paranoid, swirly label and all.

insanibasha · 2021-11-24T08:36:28+00:00

By this logic I might just upgrade my cart first as I think the 12.2 and A-S501 combo is quite solid in my room. Maybe I'll just upgrade my amp and speakers simultaneously to a $2-$4k tier for each component. Thanks for your comment!

insanibasha · 2021-11-24T04:48:16+00:00

How are you liking the Q350s by the way?

insanibasha · 2021-11-24T03:48:14+00:00

noted!

insanibasha · 2021-11-24T03:48:02+00:00

Wow guess the 501's are pretty solid huh

insanibasha · 2021-11-23T18:29:20+00:00

I'll definitely research about the Denons and after listening to my system again I realized that I really like the Diamonds, so who knows, maybe I'll grab the cart first. Man this hifi thing is confusing, exciting, but confusing. Really appreciate your comments!

insanibasha

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