Chris has produced new lock rings for the SP10 MK3 made of brass and austenitic stainless steel. I had them in tonight for an in home audition. I compared the stock aluminum to the brass and steel using Vanessa Fernandez's outstanding album "Use Me" on 180g/45 vinyl.
Cutting to the chase it goes like this: SS, Aluminum (stock) and brass brings up the rear. The difference between the SS and the aluminum was quite large. The SS lock ring literally brought about a luxuriousness which simply is not present with the other lock rings in place. I could hear deeper into the music while the images were more fully developed.
These things are hard to put into words. My notes have comments like;
more finesse, fully developed images, very refined, rich sounding..etc. As good as my table sounded to me, adding the stainless steel lock rings took it into another realm.
When dealing with instruments which create electrical signals based on micrometer to nanometer movements of a stylus it is not hard to imagine that such seemingly simple changes can have a profound effect. I humbly suggest this as an upgrade to any MK3 owners :) I think the cost is going to be about $225.00. This is cheap in my opinion as I liken the difference akin to moving to a higher end cartridge or phono pre.
OH!!! if you don't have Vanessas' album mentioned earlier.., run.., don't walk.., to your favorite purveyor of records and get a copy. Cut from 30ips tape it is a wonderful recording with excellent musical choices :) simply stunning and up there with my MOFI copy of Modern Cool.
Cutting to the chase it goes like this: SS, Aluminum (stock) and brass brings up the rear. The difference between the SS and the aluminum was quite large. The SS lock ring literally brought about a luxuriousness which simply is not present with the other lock rings in place. I could hear deeper into the music while the images were more fully developed.
These things are hard to put into words. My notes have comments like;
more finesse, fully developed images, very refined, rich sounding..etc. As good as my table sounded to me, adding the stainless steel lock rings took it into another realm.
When dealing with instruments which create electrical signals based on micrometer to nanometer movements of a stylus it is not hard to imagine that such seemingly simple changes can have a profound effect. I humbly suggest this as an upgrade to any MK3 owners :) I think the cost is going to be about $225.00. This is cheap in my opinion as I liken the difference akin to moving to a higher end cartridge or phono pre.
OH!!! if you don't have Vanessas' album mentioned earlier.., run.., don't walk.., to your favorite purveyor of records and get a copy. Cut from 30ips tape it is a wonderful recording with excellent musical choices :) simply stunning and up there with my MOFI copy of Modern Cool.