I 'think' the Kandid might be a special case. Not so much due to it's value, but as you say the material is more inert than the normal alloys used in say the Krystal and other MC cartridge mechanisms....

I used to run my Akivas without the plastic shell and used to re tighten the front screw every 4 months or so. Made a significant difference in my opinion. The Kandid uses a plastic/nylon screw and fr...

Yep, as long as they haven't been completely mashed!

Thanks Chris, and yes I may come up and have an experiment with your torque settings:-) I was also interested in the bolt on the front of the cartridges that clamps the generator assembly? By the way,...

I know a few of you here have put some time and effort in to optimising torque settings. I wanted to know if anyone has got information about the optimal torque setting for the screws on the front of ...

I think the performance of the Vulkan is probably very similar to the Audiotech, both are light and rigid and even use the same welding process. We have however got a more effective spike mounting sys...

Sorry, I have only just seen this:-) First off, thanks for your encouraging words Flat. To answer the second post, if you have an Audiotech shelf in good condition (i.e., the spike mounts have not loo...