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The Palladian-A step beyond

The new cartridge from Acoustical Systems may finally be the LOMC to fully realise the theoretical advantages of the genus.
And convince those long-suffering audiophiles to whom the 'modern' MC presentation has been anathema to 'live sound'....that the realism of vintage LOMCs like the SPUs and FR-7 series has finally been recaptured 👀
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thuchan
1,009 posts
 
Fleib,
The Titanium screws are really good. I am also using them since a month with my Palladian in the Arche headshell. It is a pitty that all the good stuff is such pricy, especially on carts.
Hope you will have the chance listening to a Palladian in the next days or weeks. I would be curious what you think!

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nandric
4,086 posts
 

Dear solong, There are carts with different threads for the screws

as well those which need nuts in addition. Will you be so kind to

explain to the ''commons'' which size and length are usual as

well what  an resonable price-quality relation is. Thuchan scared us

to death by, uh, implication. If those titanium screws are ''pricy''

for him what about us?

thuchan
1,009 posts
 
Nandric,
Too pricy. You need one?
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nandric
4,086 posts
 

Dear thuchan, I have 20 preadjusted carts/headshells  which can be

exchanged in 5 min. time in my FR-64. This means 40 of those

''pricy'' screws. But one should be thankful for each present so your

''one'' is welcome (grin).

fleib
1,124 posts
 

Thuchan, I usually like nuts and bolts/metal washers more than threaded holes, but that depends on the particulars. These holes have no metal insert for thread: they look like they are cut into the body. That's both good in terms of coupling and contact area, and bad in terms of playing around with torque or swapping.  Titanium is usually worked by taking small slices, if you catch my drift. 

Although I use removable headshells, one-piece is superior IMO. No getting around the facts of 8 additional electrical connections and a physical boundary to bounce vibrations back in the wrong direction. Of course removable types have the advantage of ease of swapping, and look at all those shells you can try, to make it sing. 

I have no plans to try the cart. I spend far too much time and money with this stuff as it is. Time is the most precious thing we have and most people realize this when it's too late.  I'm on this thread mostly out of curiosity and felt like digging around. I had forgotten about this one below - a couple of testimonials for the protractor:


https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/where-to-find-uni-din-protractor

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