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TW Acustic Raven One owners

Hello Guys,

I have bought one month ago a TW Acustic Raven One and I have mounted a new Michell Tecnoarm I'm breaking-in with my Grado Statement Master 0.4mv cartridge
I'm very happy about the TW , for me it's a great TT telling the true not the best looking TT but surely one of the good sounding out of there.
Speaking about the arm since it was a new one and I haven't finished to break-in (only 40 hours done) I can only say it smells like a good sounding arm .. expecially good silver cabled

What your arm on this TT? .. and how about your experiences about Raven One - Arm combo?

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Happy New Vinyl Year to EveryOne!

Gabriele
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ducatirider
111 posts
 
I can't really remember how many tries it took but once you get it, it's easy. Line it up on a post it note and diagonally splice it, then use non stretchy tape. (I just use clear scotch tape that it thicker than normal). The key is to cut it exactly 105 cm. Too little and it won't fit and too loose and it won't track.

BTW, I fiddled with a Decca Jubilee once but my arm was too light for it. It needa a high mass arm. Can't speak for the Ortofon though.
acee
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Stiltskin,
Jeffery loaded the Denon mono first and i was psyched and he was surprised that it sounded as good as it did and we were digging it, but the second the Decca touched the Boozoo Chavez record his ear perked and his eye brows lifted he heard it before i did.
i couldn't really comprehend it at first it was like opening a window.
he said later over the phone it gave you that mono hit but fresh.
and Ducatirider, i could mount the denon myself its a good easy tracker but i could see that the decca has to be exact.
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topoxforddoc
353 posts
 
'BTW, I fiddled with a Decca Jubilee once but my arm was too light for it. It needa a high mass arm. Can't speak for the Ortofon though.'

I've not used a recent Decca, but still have my Decca Gold garrot Brothers and Maroon from the early 80s. I used to sell then in the late 70s/early 80s. In those days, we used them in damped unipivots, which in those days were low to medium mass
(Hadcock/ Mayware, Decca arms). They didn't like arms with rigid bearings (presumably due to the near-zero vertical compliance). I still use my Deccas occasionally in both my old Hadcock and my Schroeder Model 2.

Charlie
stiltskin
499 posts
 
Ducatirider, Thank you for the info.

Boozoo Chavez, would of liked to of seen him live at some Cajun BBQ.
What other type of music can you think of were it's quite normal to eat , drink and dance too,
All at the same time!

I came across this regarding Denon and Decca monos.
Sorry I can't post the proper site info....Dah

Google Phillip Holmes commentary Decca. Thats all thats it nothing else.
One cartridge for all Lps.

It's a 3 part write up with a comment by Stan Ricker to Phillip Holmes for a job well done , in part one.

Mark

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