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Schroder sq and the new talea

I heard there was to be a fun time of learning and comparing of these two arms at the rmaf. Since the talea is relatively new, it still has to stand the test of time with comparisons on other tables, other systems and the selective and subjective tastes of discerning audiophiles! There is to be a comparison in one of the rooms at the rmaf this year, which i wasnt able to make. I would be curious to hear some judicial, diplomatic, friendly talk about how they compared to each other in the same system and room. I currently own the origin live silver mk3 with a jan allaerts mc1bmk2 and am enjoying this combo but have become curious about the more popular "superarms" Hats off to both frank and joel.

I hope this thread draws more light rather than heat. If someone preferred one arm over the other it would be OK. With all the variables it doesnt mean that much to me. What matters to me is what it sounds like to me and in my room. With that said...

What was your bias? was it for the schroder or the talea?

cheers!...
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mikelavigne
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Will a 100 Ohm impedence on my Atma-Sphere MP-1 pre be too low for a cart with an 18 Ohm internal impedence?.

when Steve Dobbins was in my room recently he set up the Allnic Puritas on the Reed. i cannot remember the VTF he used but it was still breaking in. you could e-mail him.

vetterone@msn.com

we tried 30k but preferred 47k thru the new Allnic H3000 phono stage. it sounded terrific and only had 5 hours on it.

i'm very likely going to take Steve up on his offer to work out a trade of the Puritas with one of my A90's. the puritas was a very fine cartridge.
dan_ed
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HI Cus',

the XV-1s weighs 12.6 grams so your cart should work fine on the Talea.

Don't worry too much about tweaking and such in the beginning, just follow the manual. The Talea will allow your cartridge to sing right out of the box. As you get used to the features you'll be able to decide what to do.
lewm
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Mike, I did not want to bring it up the other day on this thread, because I thought it was OT, but I thought the Puritas sounded fabulous in the Reed on the Beat turntable. In my brief listening, I preferred it over the A90, in that system. I guess it IS OT to have written this, but what the heck.
cousinbillyl
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Thanks for the info guys. I think this should be good.

The Talea 11 has arrived, and let me start by saying that the packaging is fabulous. Attention to detail is the best I have ever seen. I already know it is going to be amazing.

First order of business, slowly and carefully put it together.

Let me get myself into a bit of hot water first. Years ago I purchased an RS Labs A1 arm. At the time I was using a Koetsu Black on a GyroDec. When I changed tables, I was at a point in life where I didn't have the time to optimize this ridiculous arm. I then bought the Triplanar. With the recent purchase of the TTWeights Black Onyx, and after listening to the Tri for a couple of months, I got the courage to take a day and try the RS Labs. After the very first track, my wife ordered me to sell the Triplanar, no contest (for our listening priorities).

Any and all comments made by me will be in relation to the RS Labs.
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atmasphere
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Cousinbillyl, seems like most of your questions are answered but the loading. I think you will find the loading to be not that critical. With LOMC cartridges, the inductance of the cartridge and the capacitance of the cable can form a tuned radio frequency circuit. What the load is doing is reducing the 'Q' of the circuit- detuning it. It has to be right value to do this.

However, a lot has to do with the RF immunity of the phono preamp. So in general you will find that the more the preamp is upset by ultrasonic RF noise, the more critical the load becomes. With our stuff the big thing you hear is reduced noise in the background- not too much on the tonality side. This suggests that the phono stage does not care too much if RF is present (as happens with an unloaded cartridge) at its input.

Clear as mud?? -have a good weekend!
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