Spacedeck Vs. Scoutmaster

That's great, Ozzy. I guess the success w/Promethean base is truly room-specific.
Luckily, although my floors are not the best, footfalls haven't been a problem, even during the daily doggie "chase scenes" thru the listening room. Talking Heads LPs always seem to get the mutts fired up ;-)
Cheers,
Spencer

Why not getting a good cartridge ? I just moved from a Denon DL-103 to a ZYX R-100FXH for my Spacedeck/SpaceArm. I don't think that any TT upgrade could have made such a big sound improvement. Just my 2 cents.

Rudi

Thanks for all the input. I have decided to stay where I am for now. The Spacedeck sounds very good. Sometimes I think I need to upgrade for the sake of upgrading. Not very smart. I may do a cartridge upgrade in the near future, I have considered a ZYX. We'll see.

Oz

Rudi,
What's the "FXH" mean? Seems like plenty of positive feedback here on the ZYX carts. Can you describe the improvements you hear vs. the 103?
How about posting your system, it would be interesting to see...Cheers,
Spencer

Spencer, as far as I know it F = Fuji X = copper wires H = High Output (0.48mV) . The Zyx is still burning in, 5 hours at the moment. But what I can say so far is that the sound stage is wider and deeper. The highs are still closed. I guess this will change in the next 25-50 hours. It has much less clicks and pops, because of the smaller stylus. It is not the perfect matching catridge for the Ace-Space Arm. It weighs only 5 gram. So you would need at least 2-3 gram more to make it work on the SpaceArm, because of the counter weight. There is an option from Zyx where you can buy it with a silver basement. Here is a link for more info on Zyx: http://www.sibatech.co.jp/ZYX/ZYXcatalog.htm. I made some images of different stylus with a 200x magnification. Here is the link: http://hawk.us.steyla.com/rudi/All-four.jpg. And here is a link to my System : http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?vevol&1103430103&view

Rudi