French posts and English posts were not behaving properly together. I decided to create another blog to host the frogs. You can find it here : Cala Mighty Sound in French ! On my upcoming website this issue will be solved. Thank you! Something to come (here in a prototype state)… Le messages en français et en […]
Recevoir un bras Schick… c’est chic et ce même quand la poste a maltraité le colis! A l’intérieur? Il ne reste plus qu’à glisser le lève bras dans son embase et serrer la vis qui le maintient avec la clef allen fournie… Le diable se loge dans les détails… ici des embouts de câble et […]
Serious packaging as usual for a safe shipping Most vintage turntables were built for hosting a 9″ tonearm. Of course some of the most famous broadcast turntables are equipped with 12″ tonearms adapted for 16″ record! Think of the superb EMT 927 for instance, but also the Bourdereau and Lie Belin… Beautiful mat silver finition […]
Thomas Schick micoscope’s point of view! Most of the Clément cartridges you will find are equipped with palettes using saphir tips. These tips have a short lifetime and when they are worn out : they will hurt the grooves of your records. With perfectly cleaned mint records in 33RPM it can reach, in best case scenario, […]
My ex beloved Ortofon SPU-A for shellacs only… I never understood why my mono records sounded so bad with stereo cartridges until I discovered real mono cartridges. It all started with an Ortofon SPU-A mono but using an adapter to fit it correctly on a FR-64S did not suit me enough. If only I had […]
Cala Mighty Sound is now distributing Peter Reinders products.Peter has created a full range of products dedicated to the famous Swiss Lenco turntables.He has also created two wonderful turntables based on the Lenco principles.A version for 9″ tonearms called Solid9 (2450€) : And a version for 12″ tonearms, Solid12 (2650€) : Read more about it […]
A taste of music with a Schick? An other one?
Straight out of the box : it is already superb. Set up immediately on my turntable : it is an instant classic and the sound with no meticulous setting is already fantastic. Well done Mister Schick. After a few tries with different headshells, I prefer the ebony Yamamoto headshell with my ZYX Omega Silver. Later […]
Today I received a Schick tonearm. Even badly handled by courriers : it is still in pristine condition inside. Indeed the packaging is more than adequate. Good job Thomas! Inside? Everything to prepare the tonearm. Your main job will be to fix the tonearm lift on it’s base. For this no need to remove the […]
