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Audiomods Is A Great Company

Awhile back I reached out to Jeff at Audiomods about the possibility of getting a low mass arm for my Ortofon MC2000. Jeff did some figuring and if he dipped into his inventory of previous generation Audiomods parts he could build me an arm that came in at the single digit mass range. Does this mean 9 grams? Or lower? I wasn't going to try to brow beat him into an exact number, but I knew I had a viable candidate that could balance the heavy 11 gram cartridge. 

Well, life got in the way and there were some unexpected events. But last week I decided to reach out to Jeff and see if this could still happen. I got a yes answer. So I am on the build schedule for an arm in early August. Will have the VTA micro adjuster, and all silver wiring. 

Looking forward to this project as the MC2000 is one of my favorite cartridges. It does certain things that very few if any cartridges can do. I thought I might be able to live without if with the Verismo on one table, and the Proteus getting situated on the SOTA when the OL arm arrives. But I decided I just did not want to have this cartridge on the sidelines. So here we go. 

neonknight
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Last week the low mass version of the arm built arrived. I have it temporarily set up on the table, but I need a spacer as the Scheu arm board is just too low. this is a problem with the Schroder arm I have on it also. But Jeff has fabricated one for me and it is in the hands of the Royal mail service. Can't say enough good things about the man. 

Even so i can temporarily set up the MC2000 with a shim and I have it playing. This is a pairing that works nicely together. This combination sounds effortless together, and the texture and tone of the bass region is fabulous. There is so much detail and expression in this region. Vocals are uncolored and the top end is detailed without being etched. No issues tracking either.  Everything i had hoped for. 

 

For what an Audiomods arm sells for, it is hard to imagine a better value in analog. I am certainly enjoying this one. 

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mijostyn
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Hey Neon,

I have wanted a turntable I could mount a Schroder LT or Reed 5T on and nothing out there has the features on the Cosmos Eclipse Vacuum. A few days ago I had a brilliant Idea. I am going to take a Sota Millenium Vacuum, remove it's suspension, mount it on a Minus K platform with a Reed 5T and a Schroder LT. I can trade my Cosmos in on the millenium taking a little of the financial strain off.

neonknight OP
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@mijostyn  You think the Millenia is available? I am not sure they have produced a new one lately. It seems like they are devoting their time and resources to getting their direct drive one to market. 

lewm
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Mijo, That's a poor man's Dohmann. Where are you going to mount the Millenium motor?

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mijostyn
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@neonknight No, it is not available yet. A new one is immanent. I think it will be Eclipse drive, not direct, but I do not know that for sure. Next time I talk to Christan I will ask. 

@lewm Correct, a poor man's Dohmann with vacuum clamping and a magnetic thrust bearing. The motor will go right on the MinusK with the rest of the turntable. The fun will be getting it all to balance. I figure the 5T and LT will counterbalance the motor. I'll put the 5T in the normal location. It will just make it on the normal tonearm board.  The LT will go at the front, right corner. It would be much easier to do this with a Kuzma Stabi R, but I really prefer the features of the Sota. The Cosmos has been a revelation in turntable performance with its amazing pitch stability and dead quiet backgrounds. The Millenium/MinusK will not be as nice to use as the MinusK is bouncy. I'm not sure if they have a lock out yet.

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