Looking for Tonearm Advice/Suggestions
I am looking down the road at potentially upgrading my tonearm and cartridge (tonearm first) and would greatly appreciate any advice and suggestions this board may have. I have always received great feedback from the Audiogon community and I always learn a lot when asking these questions so thanks in advance for your help.
Here is my current setup:
I listen to variety of music but mainly classic rock, country/folk (not bro-country) and singer/songwriter. I prefer listening to vinyl although I also still play CD’s as well as stream. Overall I have put this system together trying to minimize harshness as I gravitate to a “warmer” sound. In thinking about a tonearm upgrade I am considering the Kuzma Stogi 9 or possibly the Reed 1h 9.5. Down the road I would love a Hana Unami Red cartridge but not sure I want to pay that price. The Unami Blue is also a consideration.
I’m not in a hurry but would greatly appreciate your thoughts on these tonearm options as well as cartridges. I know there are many other tonearms out there and countless combinations so feel free to lob in any thoughts you have. I am all ears and open minded.
Many thanks,
@puppyt : 4ohm is only the nominal speaker impedance but that models goes down that 4ohm in some frequency ranges and over 4ohm too. Other trouble is that its sensitivity is very low at 86db. As I said before and as many Dynaudio speaker reviewers attested the best to handle for the very good speakers shines needs SS amp.
R. |
Dear @puppyt : I do love too the Dynaudio speakers and listened sevral times and different models and one of the last Dyna I heard was paired by the JC 1 amplifier: just glorious, it puts you nearer to the recording.
" To my ears the combination has provided a warmer, richer sound. " Good that those is what you like it but live MUSIC seat at nearfield position is everything but warmer. MUSIC could be brigth or even harsh depending on the scores but not warmer. I think that you own to many tubes in your system and that's why you are accustomed to.
Btw, each cartridge has its own signature that depending of the tonearm/wires paired that signature is modulated changing a little it own " color ".
R. |
Dear @puppyt : I can see that I'm late in your thread and you already pull the triger on the tonearm and seems to me that your first step should been to choose the new cartridge you want to own ( as the Umami Red. ) and then look for the tonearm that can match it the best inside your budget.
Anyway, maybe the Delos playing hours are to much or the cartridge/tonearm set up is not adequated yet. You need to chek with a good protractor the cartridge/tonearm alignment and after that and trhough " test and error " process makes a fine tunning with the other cartridge set up parameters as: AZ, VTA/SRA, VTF and the like In the other side the internal tonearm wiring is new and needs some time to settle down.
Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS, R. |
