@harpo75 : The knifge type of tonearm bearing " tend " to rattle. Yes, you are rigth because japanese audiophiles loved the SAEC tonearms, its reality is that are a beauty toour eyes.I owned those 3 models from new that I bougth in LA ( Ilive in Mèxico city. ) Japanese Stereo importer that was if I remember in Wilsher Blvd. Well,If you still own the EPA-100 this is very good option for your MK4 great cartridge performer.
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Never owned an EPA-100 arm but thinking I would like to! Yes the store was on Wilshire. I had a small store in Orange County, CA and sold Micro, Saec and many other products like Quad, Counterpoint, Music Reference, etc. Those were fun days before digital but then everything just became another black box. |
Managed to purchase a Technics EPA-100 mkII to match with the Technics EPC-205mkIV cartridge on my Micro Seiki BL-99V table. So far so good. Not perfect yet, still tweaking. The tonearm is very light and easily adjusted with VTA and anti-skate on the fly and the ability to adjust for compliance is very nice. The arm seems to be in very good condition but will probably have it rebuilt soon to make sure it’s perfect. Getting much better tracking and the imaging is very good with the EPA-100mkII although still not quite to the overall sound quality o was getting with the Saec 407/TM. But as I said still tweaking. The bass is still a bit light compared to the Saec arm but have a lot to play with still. |
