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mono vinyl- which way to go?

Thimking of upgrading TT to raven one or two.Raven One (single tonearm) would have a graham phantom arm and dyna xv-1s cart. Raven two( 2 tonearms) would have a graham phantom tonearm with otono-edison miyajima premium mono cart.as well as a lesser tonearm with my existing dyna 20x cart. I listen 90% to mono (primarily 50's jazz) and 10% stereo vinyl. The raven one is a simpler setup but would i get the mono performance out of the xv-1 or am i better with the hybrid setup and a mono cart---cost is about the same. Please weigh in-which way to go?
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dan_ed
2,451 posts
 
Bwaahhhhaaaahhhhaaa! That was great!

Before you decide on any two arm setup, I suggest extensively auditioning with one arm and then compare with the second arm mounted. However, if you really do listen to 90% mono then why do any stereo at all? There is no real benefit to stereo unless you're just in to mind games like the rest of us.
hevac1
812 posts
 
If you have a Phantum go with an extra wand.

Both wands must be made of the same material.
I did this with my 2.2 and made the mistake of ordering the second wand without making sure thay were both made same material. Ceramic wands at one time had 2 differant core materials. I had to sell my origial wand and buy a new one again so they would be the same weight. The original ceramic wand was 10 grams heavier than the new one.
I ordered the extra wand when I ordered my phantum so it would not happen again.

Then you can have both stereo & mono.
Thats how I did it.
koegz
317 posts
 
while i do not listen to mono much(at all), the one thing i miss is an extra arm, by all mean if you can aford it, two are better then one.
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