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| Lyra or ZYX ? Pani - to answer your question, I have had the SME V and can tell you the 3012 is not even close. The 3012 has an old fashioned charm, read coloured, to the sound and lacks resolution. The SME V has a very organic sound, its a big sound. Some peop... | |
| Lyra or ZYX ? Pani - the SME has double knife edge bearings, that is the arm just sits on a knife edge ( but with 2 lines of contact ). A low compliance cartridge or cartridge that puts a lot of energy into the arm can "rattle" the arm in the bearings which lea... | |
| Lyra or ZYX ? Pani - if it were me, I'd look at updating the tonearm first. I own a 3012 and it is really of collectors interest only. If you want more detail start with the tonearm. If you can afford a Graham Phantom or similar performance even at the cost of ... | |
| Multiple arms, multiple cartridges and geometry? Halcro - the Eureka moments are gone in a blink of an eyelid. Just enjoy the fact that you know they are there.I think Mapman has a potentially lucrative business - "My wife goes nuts trying to figure out where the music is coming from at any give... | |
| Multiple arms, multiple cartridges and geometry? Henry, this reminds me of an experience with the Cello Pallette equaliser, where in the hands on a record producer it was a very good tool for poorly mixed records and did give more insight and enjoyment from the music.I would have thought that if... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul - the cartridge in the picture may be a Dynavector Nova 17D, not the 13D. I dug out my correspondence with Dynavector. The cartridges look identical. If the serial number is in the format X### then it is a 17D. My 13D is ##, ie 45.Now the spe... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric/Raul, re Dynavector Nova 13DThis cartridge was initially purchased/used many yrs ago, the sytem was at the time Final Audio Parthenon turntable/Dynavector 501/NYAL NCP II preamp with HTMPS tube regulated power supply and NYAL OTL1 monobloc... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric/Raul - Dynavector Nova 13D fyihttp://www.hifido.co.jp/KWdynavector+karat+nova/G1/E/0-50/C11-60830-14311-00/My one is serial number 45, not sure how many made, but there was a "reissue" in the form of a Nova 17D with metal body a few years ... | |
| Turntable speed accuracy Hi Albert - no that sounds fine. The engineers modus operandi is that he overbuilds everything, which is great. I have heard the SP10 mk3 but unfortunately in a system, which although I have followed the evolution, I don't know what is doing what.... | |
| Turntable speed accuracy Albert, I know the engineer well who designed the mods for the SP10mk3. Will be very interested to see your feedback. One point to consider, you may be better to get the bearing mod and review the impact before the electronics mods, or you will be... | |
| Multiple arms, multiple cartridges and geometry? Henry - for the arms you use that have detachable headshells, surely if you use a headshell that has slots, hence the ability to alter the overhang and alignment, then you can set each cartridge up and the only changeover issues would be tracking ... | |
| Tonearm Damping Good point Syntax, Wrigleys make a gum specifically for the Ortofon cartridge - its called Big Red. | |
| Multi Arm Table The Basis Debut is an excellent turntable, better than some of the alternatives proposed above. The Basis has very precise lockable arm boards that are easy to change over. Why dont you use additional arm boards - you should be able to set up a ra... | |
| Amp recommendations for Tannoy Canterbury SE Wilfredt, one thing I would strongly recommend is to finalise your amplifier before making the final decision on cables. The acrolink are very good, very high quality materials, basic construction but quite musical. | |
| Amp recommendations for Tannoy Canterbury SE Charles1dad, yes I heard the Kondo it in a shop and it opened the soundstage up and sound much more natural than the Nordost, but when used in a known system at home even the MIT Shotgun 3.3 ( well down the pecking order ) highlighted the issues i... |