I am also considering auditioning Whest Audio TWO.2 Discrete dual mono phono. I would love to hear your direct experience and what cart you’re using with Whest phono.
Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble?
Some of you may aware of my Garrard 301 project, it’s now very close to completion. The plinth finally shipped from Hungry after 3 months of long wait.
Given my last experience with Hana Umami Red, I would like to take things to the next level. Which brings me to mating low output cart with a SUT. Every review I’ve read so far suggests when the SUT-MC match is right, the end result is heavenly. The bass is right, the midrange is clear, and most importantly, the highs are relaxed and extended—not rolled off.
I am not saying you can’t get great sound without a SUT but it appears with a properly matched SUT, sound can be quite magical.
Thought this would be the right time to get input from experienced users here since I am still contemplating my cartridge and outboard phonostage options.
My preference would be to go with a tube phono…I kinda miss tinkering with tubes :-)
My system, Garrard 301 (fully refurbished), Reed 3P tonearm, Accuphase E-650 with built-in AD50 analog board ➡️ Tannoy Canterbury’s.
Cart and phono under consideration through my dealer,
Fuuga - Output : 0.35 mVrms | Impedance : 2.5 Ω (1kHz)
Phonostage - Tron Convergence and Konus Audio Phono Series 1000
The cart - MC combination, I am lusting after is Etsuro Urushi Bordeaux MC with their Etsuro Transformer.
https://www.etsurojapan.com/product/bordeaux
The other transformer is EMIA, cooper or silver version.
Your input is appreciated!
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@mijostyn : If you own the cartridge body then the best is to fix it with boron cantilever and MR stylus tip and not SAS boron.
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@rauliruegas Where an I going to get one of those? |
I am not sure, in fact I doubt, that the velocity of sound in the material used to construct the cantilever is necessarily directly proportional to the resulting audio sound quality, meaning "the faster the velocity of sound in the material, the more accurate is the cantilever". This is obviously because the job of the cantilever is to wiggle in the magnetic field due to undulations in the groove at the other end, thereby generating the audio signal as an electrical impulse. The job of the cantilever has nothing to do with conducting sound and might even be a detriment to accurate response to the groove undulations, because of secondary vibration of the cantilever. Further, aluminum cantilevers or any other type where the stylus can be press-fitted into the cantilever, rather than glued to a blank surface, may actually be an advantage. The glue adds extra mass just where you don't want it. |
@mijostyn : I remember that you posted that you never buy the Etsuro Gold because its tracking spec is lower than 80um.
Well Excel was founded like 50 years ago and today the manufacturer workers changed because that problem with the tracking abilities of the Etsuro Gold is similar to thr Hana top of the line, not very good trackers. In change in the past the Excel ES-10 ( same sapphire top plate than Etsuro Gold. ) has a 90um tracking ability with an output level of 0.2mv when the today designs are in the 0.35-0.4mv, here lower mv output level is better. I don't know how much spend lalitk for the Etsuro but last year ( NOS ) I bougth the Excel for only 200.00 and is a great performer with out " luxury " and only high quality level and yes outperforms the Gold that I listened in my system last year ( I posted on the gold somewhere. ). If I remember I share with you the opportunity and you told me that like to liven in the present. Time to time discovering the past is " fantastic " and a " surprise ", worth to do it and is a " win to win " choice. Some of the best designs came from the past.
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