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bluenote borghese and shelter 501?

I am starting over in Vinyl. I was recently forced to sell my spacedeck and metal spacearm, along with my trumpet and Dyna DV20H.

I plan to buy my tonearm and cartridge and then buy an affordable mass loaded turntable. Maybe a horizon or the upcoming bix from DIYforum. I've also considered a lower end teres.

Just wondering what affordable phono pre-amp I could pair with this and if any of you had any feelings about this set up(tonearm/cartridge.

Thanks,

Nathan
avivey
twl
3,251 posts
 
Listen to Ozzy, he is the voice of experience.
avivey OP
42 posts
 
Thanks Ozzy!

Do the morch's suffer from the same problems?

I was looking at the UP-4 when I came across the bluenote.

Sound like the bluenote is out, thanks for the info. I guess the OL-Silver and the 501 shelter would comply.

Thanks for your time.

Nathan
dougdeacon
3,338 posts
 
Both the Bluenote and the UP-4 are unipivots. Speaking theoretically, many unipivots seem to lack the stability to fully control lower compliance cartridges like Shelters. As Ozzy apparently discovered, they tend to limit you to higher compliance cartridges.

I don't have Ozzy's experience with such arms, advice like his led me directly to gimbal-based designs to mate with my Shelter. Even the inherently stable arm that I chose benefitted further from stability-enhancing mods and adjustments. I can state with confidence that maximizing stability in the arm is crucial to fully enjoying a Shelter, or probably any other lower compliance cartridge.
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