Origin Live now produce an arm called the "Conquerer" that is better than an SME V.Based on that original RB250 Rega arm tube.Here is a link http://www.tonearm.co.uk/index.htm.Bearings are beside the point right up the Rega line especially to the RB 900 as the modded RB250(Origin counterweight,Incognito rewire)matches it.The facts could be stated this way,cartridge resonance is the most fundamental and important issue.To quote Ladegaard again "...traditional specifications like rumble,wow and flutter and required tracking force are both unreliable and inadequate.Furthermore,they are strongly influenced by the actual combination of motor,arm and cartridge and record,all left to random decisions by the Hi-Fi consumer."The Well-Tempered Classic turntable was a direct result of this paper.I am not being emotional here.Koetsu cartridges were designed on Garrard idler-wheel turtables.I repeat,the Dynavector does not match the Denon.You are wrong about the table needing a more compliant cartridge the Project arm has the same effective mass(11gms) as the Rega.You made the mistake of telling the guy to get a new table,which was probably a slap in the face to him.Anyway idler-wheel turnatables prove that only backward steps have been taken in audio for quite a while.The uphill battle is all yours.
Music Hall MMF-5: laid back sound?
I just got my first "real" turntable, a Music Hall MMF-5. The image stability, channel separation, soundstaging and lack of noise are leagues beyond anything I've encountered in my experiences with older direct-drive tables and lesser belt driven designs. I'm feeling, however, that the dynamics are a little reigned in with the MMF-5, and the bass is a bit mushy. The cart is the stock Goldring 1012 and it was set up by a local analog guru who's done right by me in setting up other tables. I replaced the rubber feet with BDR cones (3 of 'em) and have the table leveled on a granite platform which is spiked to the floor, so I don't think isolation is (exclusively) the issue. I also replaced the stock felt mat with a Herbie's Way Excellent mat. I considered rolling the Amperex orange globe 6922s in my phono stage (modified Moscode Super It, pretty sweet!) for something a little livelier, like maybe new tubes from Electro Harmonix, but that's getting into the whole tone-control trip. I already have very transparent cables in the chain (Audio Art IC3, see my review), and my current setup of an ATI 1502, passive pre and Dynaudio 50s should let all the good stuff through, so maybe this is just the character of the table. Is there something else I can do here, or should I look at a Rega for more snap and tighter bass?
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