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| How to choose an upgraded tonearm. Mijostyn, I’ll take a look at all the tonearms you mentioned. Will any of them fit the Classic 2 with my having to drill it out do you know? What difference do you get with sound quailty using various tonearms to include the ones you mention and ... | |
| How to choose an upgraded tonearm. Dover, thanks for that information on the Classic 2 tonearm’s design as an integrated unit. Sounds problematic to say the least. I will most likely be installing the VPI dual pivot mod to hold me over until such time as I can afford to get a tone... | |
| Hana Umami Red or Lyra Kleos? Daveyf, other’s concur with you about the Lyra Kleos needing a precise setup. That’s why I’m going to have a pro doing that job. I really have no way to know if the DIY setup I did wth my current tonearm and cartridge was spot on or miserable. I’l... | |
| Hana Umami Red or Lyra Kleos? Pleaase pardon the typos above. Ran out of time to get them edited out. Mike | |
| Hana Umami Red or Lyra Kleos? Mr_m, that does sound like sensible and sage advice. Sometimes it’s hard to figure out what to do when you get advice from some diametrically opposed to other’s advice. But that’s the internet for you. I do enjoy gathering information, trying to f... | |
| Hana Umami Red or Lyra Kleos? Dover, I found a VPI youtube video that shows one of their gimbal tonearms can easily be swapped out with their unipvot tonearm. You simply unscrew the point to get it out of the way. Then their gimbal tonearm fits right into the same hole the uni... | |
| Hana Umami Red or Lyra Kleos? Dover, appreciate your advice. Another factor is installing the dual pivot changes settings like the azimuth etc. So since I’m going to have the tone arm set up professionally done, I’d need to get the dual pivot mod in place prior to having my ne... | |
| Hana Umami Red or Lyra Kleos? Raul, my question to you was, do you think the VPI dual pivot at $170.dollars would be a worthwhile stopgap measure until I can in the future purchase a gimbal type tonearm. The only other responsible choice for me is to use the Lyra Kleos on my c... | |
| Hana Umami Red or Lyra Kleos? Raul, in lieu of getting a gimbal type tonearm, which I really can’t afford at the moment on top of the price of the Lyra Kleos, would you advise I go ahead then and order VPI’s dual pivot mod as a stop gap measure until I can afford one? Might be... | |
| Hana Umami Red or Lyra Kleos? Daveyf, that sounds like an interesting concept for a bearing to be liquid. | |
| Hana Umami Red or Lyra Kleos? Tablejockey, Thanks. I’m upgrading from an Ortofon 2M Black (moving magnet) cartridge. I spoke with the Lyros dealer today and should finalize the transaction tomorrow. I’ve someone lined up to do the turntable set up already too, so I’m excited a... | |
| Hana Umami Red or Lyra Kleos? Tablejockey, I like my traditional looking Classic 2 as well. I was real excited to get it after my old B&O Beogram 4002 finally was beyond repair after some forty years of constant use. I’d been wanting to upgrade to one for years. I’m proba... | |
| Hana Umami Red or Lyra Kleos? That’s a good question mr-m. I’ll ask Soundsmith when I next contact them. I was reading up on the Counteri Intuitove which I stumbled upon why researching cartridge last week. Had never heard of it before. I wondered if it was worth having for it... | |
| Hana Umami Red or Lyra Kleos? Gsai, the Soundsmith Paua is one of the first cartridges I looked into for the reasons you mention. Unfortunately its specs indicate it is not compatible with the built in phono stage on my Luxman 507uX MkII integrated amp. I even sent an email to... | |
| Hana Umami Red or Lyra Kleos? Astolfor, what is it you like about the Umami?. Have you ever had a chance to listen to a Kleos to compare? That information would be helpful. Debating the unipivot is an issue for another time, since getting both a new cartridge and a new tonearm... |