Ditto. I’m still happy with the DV505 on my Lenco. I also own a 501, inherited in NOS condition from the estate of a friend, but I’ve not used it. The original choice of the 505 for my Lenco was partly governed by the need for a surface mount tonearm . My Lenco is in a slate plinth that does not have a separate mount board. So I cannot use a tonearm with a vertical shaft that must penetrates the mount area surface.
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Dear @hifiguys : I think you don't need that Dyna tonearm when the Grado is a superb one, but is up to you.
Perhaps what your Grado could needs is an internal re-wiring and that's it.
Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS, R. |
I am looking for an arm with hight effective mass for a Miyajima mono cartridge. Supposedly those cartridges are not finicky about VTA but horizontal travel of the needle is everything, and I wonder if this arm with high horizontal stability would be an excellent choice for such a cartridge. The good Miyajima cartridges have compliance of only 8 um/Dyne. Any thoughts? Also, I need to mount the arm on a SOTA turntable which apparently has the armboard sunk somewhat lower than your average depth. Can anyone comment on whether the arm might have a problem getting high enough off the armplate to play properly? |
In what plane is the compliance data you quoted? Since, as you say, this true mono cartridge only responds to horizontal motion of the cantilever, its vertical compliance is not so relevant, if that figure is for vertical compliance. Anyway, the horizontal compliance is probably also low. The Dynavector tonearms are high in horizontal effective mass but low in vertical effective mass. |
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