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,
With your new tonearm you are hearing so much more music. My thoughts are that your speakers are not serving you well. Too edgy perhaps. Not sure why companies even make speakers that are 3 ohms. With your new table/arm combo, see if you can take a listen to some tube friendly speakers. Think you would fall in love with the music again. |
@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.
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Puppyt Tube friendly speaker often have fewer drivers, ie. not two or more woofers. They would typically be 8 ohms. John Devore does a nice presentation on YouTube I believe about this. They tend not to brag about having deep bass. Having said this I am not a fan of compression horn tweeters. Many actually serve as the midrange as well, dropping to 1.5 kHz. For me good midrange is fast and cohesive with the bass, When I was in business I attended the RMAF in Denver. Here are some reviews of my room at the show. “Though I've heard the Wilson-Benesch Curve floorstanders many times before, I found that they sounded spectacularly good as driven by Kara Chaffee's amazing deHavilland tube electronics . Nothing I heard at RMAF, save perhaps for the far more expensive Vandersteen/ARC system, could touch this rig for sheer midrange purity, detail, three-dimensionality ." Chris Martens TAS on the 2009 show. "deHavilland Electonics with Wilson Bensch speakers, the room we revisited most. Sound to die for." John Zurek from positive-feedback.com
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