3 arms, 3 cartridges, one table, match them up.

T Bone,

I plan on mounting all 3 arms on my table. I chose them because they seemed to be representative of 3 different design parameters. Choosing them, I felt I could adapt a wide range of cartridges to showcase the different kinds of music I may chose to play. Changing cartridges is easier than changing arms, after all if I make good choices, how much of the absolute sound might I really miss.

Thank you for your reply and I hope to have a sensible opinion of the test drive.

regards, Ken

Ken,

I am not sure but to start off I would put the Triplanar w. the Sonic & the Koetsu (oh how I love this cartridge) on the Dynavector. It needs a high mass arm. This is what I have found. Get the Hifi News & Record Review. Test resonant frequencies on different arms and that will help. Now I am not saying no to the airline, I just don't know much about the arm. Same for the Shelter. I just love the Jade. I hope you are enjoying it as I do. You will love the Sonic as a comparison. I never tried the Sonic in some of my lower mass arms but it would have been very happy in some of them based on the resonant frequency being very low in my high mass arm. When you get the Resonant frequency below 12 the bass really locks in & the imaging & mids become clear.

Kftool, I apologize for the original short response. I actually remember looking at your DIY TT system posting a while back and am just now remembering what it was. Rauliruegas' post had not shown up when I posted. Given what I remember of your effort (and I remember being mightily impressed - and believe it or not, your system thread with pics was one of the prompters of the idea which led me to actually take the plunge less than 36hrs ago to get an old idler wheel TT to work on (gotta start somewhere)), I would very much like to hear your impression of all the possible combinations at some point. I am frankly somewhat surprised that after the effort to design and implement your TT that you would deliberately choose to not spend the time doing a round robin and instead take consensus word for it, even though your table is a far-from-consensus table and the number of people who can offer you combined experience of these arms and carts to form that consensus is probably quite limited... I unfortunately, am not yet one, but I wish you the best in your quest.

11-15-06 Kftool

Dgad, Hi Darren,

The Jade came today and I can't wait to get it up and running, thanks for your help.

My original thought was to get the Dynavector XV- 1s and the mono counterpart, use them both in the DV 507 arm with plug in head shells, which I purchased. The Dynavector rep said the both used the same loading and had the same output. That would enable me to make a fast switch without having to fiddle around changing the settings on the head amp. I'm using Krell KPE Reference units.

After deciding to get the Jade , that concept fell by the wayside. But who knows, things change.

Thanks again, Ken

11-15-06, Kftool,

Tbone, There seems to be a rebirth ,not only of vinyl, but also idler driven tables as I'm sure you know. I still have a Thorens TD 124 with an SME 3009 arm, haven't used it for 20 years. Last month I picked up a Rek O Kut B 12 H table with a Grace 704 arm, I didn't need it but the devil made me buy it. I used to have a B 16 H table in the late 50's and gave it away 10 years ago, I could kick myself for doing that.You may know this , but there is a company that can make a replacement idler wheel if you need to replace yours. They get business from the analog tape machine sector. I don't remember the name offhand but can look it up if you need it, let me know, and good luck.

Ken