Recommended tracking force is 2gm. The Swiss-made AC motor is electronically controlled, with switch-selectable speeds of 33.3 and 45rpm. (Vol.35 No.11 WWW), Audio Intelligent Enzymatic Formula: $25 Alcohol-Free Premium Archivist's Formula: $25 Super Cleaning Formula: $25 Ultra-pure water: $16 During the review, I've tried HANA ML with Trinity phono preamplifier, Lab12 melto2, Gold Note PH 10, Thrax Audio Orpheus, Dynamic Sound Associates DSA The Phono II and Grandinote Celio phono preamplifiers. The imperative use as directed no longer applies solely to big pharma: In recent years it has become key to the enjoyment of that newest hi-fi category, the current-amplification phono preamp, which shines with moving-coil cartridges of very low internal impedance yet fails with all others. Setting aside matters of performance and appearance, the most distinctive thing about the Miyajima Saboten moving-coil cartridge is its cactus-spine cantilever (saboten is the Japanese word for cactus), the business end of which is capped with an aluminum ferrule fitted with an elliptical stylus. John Atkinson D'Agostino Momentum Phono, EAR Acute Classic, Luxman EQ-500, Music First Audio MC Step Up 632, not auditioned in a long time. (Vol.35 No.11 WWW), Musical Surroundings Fozgometer: $300 The upper portion of its shell is made, via Selective Laser Melting (SLM), from aluminum, while its fancifully shaped "belly pan" is machined from Danish beechwood treated with polymer. . Downside: if you like to leave your platter spinning, you'll have to stop it each time, or find another steady surface upon which to perform the operation." WebHilliard Corporation. (Versions are also available with a mu-metal core and copper windings, with 1:10 and 1:15 turns ratios.) And finally, on the subject of MM/MC carts, I think it's fair to say (as correctly reflected in its rating here) that the Phono Box gives a solid platform to MC carts but really excels with MM/MIs. Try it with a London Decca! Harbeth P3ESR XD and 40th Anniversary editions: Identical? LP Gear Carbon Fidelity CF3600LE: $49.98 $$$ Thus does the AT-ART1000 carry the torch first lit by the coveted Neumann DST 62 pickup of 1962and thus does it ensure that every deflection of the playback stylus results in a proportional change in signal amplitude, theoretically resulting in the lowest possible degree of compression among all phono cartridges. Since that review was published, Haniwa's Dr. Kubo came up with what he considered significant improvements that included higher compliance and a new damper. The Bergmann Odin is an air-bearing, linear-tracking tonearm in the mold of the Eminent Technology Tonearm 2, of the late 1980s. Points of note include a lower-than-average output of 0.18mV, a higher-than-expected-for-that-kind-of-output impedance of 15 ohms, and Miyajima's trademark cross-ring motor, tuned for a medium-compliance suspension. The Japan-made Sorane (originally called Abis) SA-1.2 is a high-mass 9" tonearm that began life as the Abis SA-1, famous for impressing AD and for having been withdrawn from an earlier edition of "Recommended Components"by its importer!while undergoing revision. Art's conclusion: "If your budget can stretch this far, the Luxman EQ-500 is a must-hear." (This, he suggests, is good.) His conclusion: "this beautiful-sounding product embodies everything that's special about this brand." The EMIA is available with copper or silver windings; AD spent some quality time with a copper-wire version wound with a 15:1 ratio, for use with his EMT TSD 15 and Denon DL-103 cartridges. All optical cartridges need to be used with an energizer; HR started his auditioning with the $1500 E1 energizer, then upped his game with the 003 energizer ($3500). WebTracking force, recommended - 1.8 g (18 mN) Tracking angle - 20 Internal impedance, DC resistance - 1.3 kOhm Internal inductance - 700 mH Recommended load resistance - 47 kOhm Recommended load capacitance - 150-300 pF Cartridge colour, body/stylus - Black/Blue Cartridge weight - 7.2 g 2M PnP MkII cartridge with integrated headshell More than just a Brinkmann 10.5 tonearm with a longer armtube (its effective length is, you guessed it, 12.1"), the 12.1 incorporates mechanical refinements that, according to Brinkmann, endow it with greater torsional stability and greater immunity to resonances. Yes, this is quite a wide variety of choices, but I wanted to give ML a good run. KANW 89.1 FM: 99.9 The Fan: WBAP News Talk 820 AM: Family Life Network - WCIK 103.1 FM: La Campesina 92.5 FM: WNOV: WFAN Sports Radio: FOX News Talk: In all other respects, they're identical: 0.18mV output, 4gm recommended tracking force, 30gm weight. The Synergistic Research PHTshort for PHono Transducer, and pronounced by its manufacturer as pot. selectable or not, plays no role in current amplificationand balanced-only inputs. (Vol.41 No.7 WWW), Clearaudio Outer Limit Turntable Ring: $1350 . "A hell of a bargain," said AD. That said, it was with that cartridge that The Grail impressed Mikey with "the 'blackest' backgrounds, out of which sprang startlingly delicate yet believably solid three-dimensional images." HR was surprised that when the Aeon3 was mounted on the J.Sikora Initial turntable, it out-Koetsu-ed the psychedelic Koetsu Rosewood Signature. A MusiKraft Denon with a polished aluminum-lithium shell ($1689) impressed AD all to hell and back: The MusiKraft lacked "the slight treble glare" associated with his stock Denon 103, and provided "pitches and pitch relationships [that] were steadily, solidly right," and "vocal textures and tones with real meat and color." In 2019, MusiKraft introduced a bronze shell ($1959 with DL-103); whether or not because the higher-mass material is more suited to the low-compliance 103, the new version impressed AD with an even more nuanced, impactful sound. That stage is constructed with discrete componentsremarkable for a US-made product selling for only $340and combined with class-Abiased op-amps for a total gain of 40dB. Recommended downforce is 2.4gm. Mikey also praised the A-T as "one of the most tonally neutral cartridges I've heard," concluding that, "If you can afford it, you need it!" The Duralumin body is attached to a stainless steel mounting base, both finished with a diamond-like carbon coating. AD also praised it for allowing instruments and voices a realistic sense of wholeness, and for reproducing music with colorbut not gross colorations. (Vol.37 No.11, Vol.40 Nos.7 & 10), PTP Audio Solid12: ?2950 plus shipping $$$ I know that there have already been several follow-ups on this DAC, but am wondering if you have any plans to review the latest firmware, Windom. Improvements, in the interim, to his system and a better listening room left JCA "better prepared to hear and describe" the Xpression, which he now believes is "clearly and significantly better" than his own Ortofon 90th Anniversary SPU, with "less SPU-ish coloration" and "none of the attenuation of high frequencies that I [hear] from classic SPUs, but no extra tizz, either." Compared to the Music First step-up trannie, the MC16 sounded more open, transparent, extended, and three-dimensional, said MF. Recommended downforce is 2gm. JA's preferred alignment protractor. MM inputs offer 44dB of gain, MC inputs 64dB, the extra 20dB provided by a stereo pair of Jensen step-up transformers. MF: "The AI fluids are reasonably priced, easy to apply and (especially) to spread, clean extremely well, and leave no audible residue." Dylp Audio Windbell MC100 MkII: $350 . JI uses a Brinkmann arm on his Oracle with great success. . Phono Cartridges. (Vol.41 No.11), Technics SP10R with OMA iron plinth: $22,000 Carved from African blackwood and fitted with a robust magnet, the Infinity Mono is big and, at 14.8gm, more than a bit heavy. . "The essential musical rightness and the sheer availability and affordability of PTP Audio's Solid12 can't be overstated. (Vol.42 No.1 WWW), Top Wing Suzaku (Red Sparrow): $16,500 WebIn addition, RB330 touts a low-capacitance phono cable with Neutrik plugs and a 100g mild steel balance weight for optimal precision. And its installation on AD's own 301, which went smoothly enough, resulted in measurably better speed stability. MF praised the player's ease of setup and high quality of construction and finish, but noted that, contrary to the claims made for it by Haniwa, it is not optimized for use with low-internal-impedance cartridges and their companion current amplification phono preamps, and he dismissed the HTAM01 for design solutions that are "misguided and demonstrably ineffective." Borderline Class B. Improvements, in the interim, to his system and a better listening room left JCA "better prepared to hear and describe" the Xpression, which he now believes is "clearly and significantly better" than his own Ortofon 90th Anniversary SPU, with "less SPU-ish coloration" and "none of the attenuation of high frequencies that I [hear] from classic SPUs, but no extra tizz, either." It offers superb fit and finish, with a clean, spare bearing cradle and a smoothly solid pickup-head socket. (Vol.42 No.7 WWW), Palmer Audio 2.5i: $11,895 in Baltic Birch without tonearm Cherry finish: $11,495 (Vol.42 No.12 WWW), Goldring E3: $169 $$$ The Built into a hardwood shell with an urushi lacquer finish, the Wood A has an internal impedance of 2.4 ohms, an output of 0.18mV, and a short aluminum cantilever fitted with a spherical stylus; recommended downforce is 4gm. Ortofon's MC Anna phono cartridge, introduced in 2013, apparently remains a popular choice for analog perfectionists who can afford its $8924 price, but it has now been joined in the line by a newer, more expensive variant, the MC Anna Diamond, into which has downtrickled the diamond cantilever of the company's limited-edition MC Century cartridge. Most vexing is the cavalier references to devices that can be connected by balanced or unbalanced lines. "The Scout Jr. record player offers, at a reasonable price, the ability to play now." The Ti's armature is also less magnetic than the first Windfeld's: a windfall (sorry) of the new cartridge's more sophisticated magnet structure. The result, he reports, is a near-ideal combination of zero play and absence of friction. Beyond that, as MF points out, the user can manually test the P1's entire loading range of 20 ohms to 100k ohms, selectable in 500 steps: "load fetishists, knock yourselves out!" 
The Avenger Reference is fitted with VPI's Fatboy tonearm, a 12" unipivot with a 3D-printed polymer armtube. Deletions The former is the LM-09, which retains the original model's basic design elementstungsten-carbide bearings with user-adjustable pre-loading, and a 9" armtube made of carbon-fiber laminateswhile offering lower overall mass by means of an aluminum rather than a stainless-steel bearing yoke. Battery-powered, reasonably priced, seems to do the job as well as any of them, decided MF. or that anything is being withheld dynamically, spatially, or in terms of detail resolution." Never been a fan of the Polk speakers till the Legend series. Above all, the Simplicity II's build quality impressed AD, who called it "the most well-made tonearm" he has used. Comparisons having been done, the BRXs are nothing to shake a 1M interconnect at. Every day I thought, This cartridge could compete with any cartridge at any price." (Vol.30 No.10, Vol.32 No.8, Vol.33 No.6 WWW), Boulder 2108: $52,000 Its effective mass is a higher-than-average 22gmideal for those pickup heads and other typically low-compliance cartridgesand a calibrated (if opaquely) magnetic antiskating device is provided. The Sentec's raison d'tre, per HR: "If you start buying a lot of collectible old records pressed before 1965, you'll certainly notice that the music on some labels sounds a lot better than the music on others. Although equipped with the usual two pairs of output pins, the Epoch Mono has only one pair of coils (the stereo version has two pairs), configured to respond to only the horizontal modulations of a single-channel groove. I have a pricier CD player on its last legs so have https://www.stereophile.com/comment/606241#comment-606241. Charles Kirmuss bases his KA-RC-1 record-cleaning machine on a standard-issue Chinese-made cavitation (ultrasonic bath) cleaner, adding to it an original-design record-spinning apparatus that MF found to be "very good." This low-output (1mV) moving-iron cartridge is housed in a broad cocobolo-wood body that, according to John Grado, allows more of the cartridge's 12gm mass to be balanced around the stylus point, stabilizing the motions of the cantilever. (Vol.44 No.7 WWW), Zu Audio DL-103 Mk.II: $499$1099 $$$ (Vol.3 No.9, Vol.30 .Nos.10 & 12, Vol.34 No.12, Vol.39 No.9 WWW), Dynavector DV 10X5: $750 $$$ Junior's 1.25"-thick MDF plinth is reinforced with steel, and its 1"-thick platter is machined from aluminum. Made in Greece, the moving-magnet VPS-100 is beautifully built and housed in a substantial aluminum case. . He added that the Tzar "allowed strings to sound sweet and utterly huge, with extraordinarily good, snappy, vibrant note attacks." Mounted inside its rosewood housing is a motor built with samarium-cobalt magnets, 99.9999%-pure copper coils, and a boron cantilever, to which is bonded a stylus with a hyperelliptical tip. (Vol.38 No.10, Vol.43 No.9 WWW), Grado Epoch3: $12,000 From the Swiss watchmaker-turned-audio craftsman Micha Huber comes the Thales TTT Slim II belt-drive turntable, which mates a DC motorpowered by a battery that charges itself when you're not lookingand a 7.7lb aluminum platter with an attractively compact yet surprisingly heavy plinth. . I don't believe I've ever seen any official word that this is, in fact, the case. "The JC 3 represents the best current value in a phono preamp that I know of," said MF. AD's verdict: "The A-Rings are not a perfect solution, but they did the job effectively and without too much fuss." It produced very quiet backgrounds and reasonably good dynamics, but bass extension and punch were only okay, its imaging was slightly diffuse, and its sound suffered overall from a slight metallic haze. And its inclusion of a front-panel mono switchthis doesn't blend the two channels together but rather selects only a single channel for amplificationmeans the Andros Allasso can be used with virtually any MC cartridge you can throw at it, pardon the figure of speech. It's not just any bamboo: it's a special kind, grown only in the mountains around Kyoto. And the sound? AD, who regarded the original Zu Audio/Denon DL-103 as a giant-slayer of Homeric proportions, thought the Grade 2 Premium Zu DL-103 Mk.II went even further, offering fine musical timing and "an ocean of tone." He also heard from the Epoch "a harmonic and textural richness laid on without too thick a coating of aural honey." For the ninth time in a row our Audio MusiKraft cartridges appear in Sterophile's magazine Recommended Components top of the line Class "A" phono (Vol.41 No.10), Schick 12" Tonearm: $1995 These don't come up too often. HR was surprised that when the Aeon3 was mounted on the J.Sikora Initial turntable, it out-Koetsu-ed the psychedelic Koetsu Rosewood Signature. Because it's an MM design, the Suzaku's stylus is factory-replaceable for a mere 19% of the cartridge's total retail price; unfortunately, because that price is over $16k, a new stylus will nevertheless cost $3135: more than the price of many Class A phono cartridges. Its magnets are neodymium, its cantilever is boron, and its soft-alloy yoke contains cobalt and iron, just like your favorite multivitamins. (Vol.28 No.5; Vol.35 No.4 Vol.38 No.5 WWW), Dhmann Audio Helix One Mk2: $49,000 Stereophile discusses equipment without accurately describing the context. Just curious what to expect. The EMT TSD 15 is an A-style pickup head weighing just over 17.5gm and available with either EMT's proprietary diamond-shaped output-pin pattern or the more common SME square pattern. In addition to praising the Destiny's build qualityazimuth and SRA were both spot-onMF reveled in the new cartridge's sonic presentation, which "takes the [Miyajima] Snakewood's speed and detail, backs it off slightly, returns some of the early [Miyajimas'] bottom-end richness and weight, and makes everything bigger and bolder, yet well-proportioned." MF described the Aidas cartridge's timbral balance as "neutral, particularly in the midbass and midrange, and well-extended from bottom to top with a subtle, slightly warm sonic signature (no lumps and/or bumps)." This inexpensive gadget keeps track of stylus playing time in hours. We are intimately familiar with these relationships and can help you to choose the most holistic pairing of Phono Cartridge and Phono Stage choosing from brands like Miyajima, Lyra, Mysoniclabs, Koetsu, Ortofon ,HANA, AMG, and others. 
Housed in a titanium body produced by Selective Laser Melting, the low-output Verismo moving coil features a diamond cantilever to which is attached a Swiss-manufactured Replicant 100 line-contact stylus shaped to resemble a cutting stylus as closely as possible. The proximity of coil to magnet and the coil's position at the magnet's center is claimed to produce a uniformity of magnetic flux fieldand, in MF's words, "more linear frequency response and greater spatial coherence." A slender steel rod is press-fitted through the center of the idler to form the upper and lower axles, with rounded tips and polished surfaces. MF found that electric bass sounded slightly soft, but the Phasemation did everything well enough to make it an easy and enthusiastic recommendation for classical and jazz lovers. . The DBP-10 can be used to gauge alignment accuracy at any point or points between 44 and 153mm from the record spindle. With the spacer in place and Dynavector's DV 10X5 moving-coil cartridge mounted on his Rega P3-24, SM heard improved clarity, impact, immediacy, and soundstage depth. Legato phrases were more sosomething as easy to enjoy as to hear." FK was stunned: The Vinyl Cleaner not only thoroughly cleaned his LPs, it significantly improved their sound, revealing nuances long hidden in the grooves. Like the standard Hana SL, the Hana SL Mono is a low-output (0.5mV), highish-impedance (30 ohms) moving-coil cartridge with an alnico magnet, an aluminum cantilever, and a nude Shibata stylus. and refreshingly non-mechanical," although he noted that the SL-1000R "did not produce the 'blackest' backgrounds behind the music," and that the bottom end was "not as explosive, muscular, or grippy" as with other players. Its custom double-coil transformers are shielded with mu-metal and potted in 10mm-thick enclosures coated with soft iron-nickel. A MusiKraft Denon with a polished aluminum-lithium shell ($1689) impressed AD all to hell and back: The MusiKraft lacked "the slight treble glare" associated with his stock Denon 103, and provided "pitches and pitch relationships [that] were steadily, solidly right," and "vocal textures and tones with real meat and color." And MF loved the 12.1's "lusciously velvet midrange." Said to be good for at least 10,000 squeeze cycles. Price includes Elys 2 moving-magnet cartridge; base price for turntable with tonearm is $945. I began to understand the appeal of spherical styli." Upon auditioning the new Lambda version, in which "the tapered dampers of the original cartridges are separated into flat, elastomer damping discs, while an additional support 'pillow' has been added to serve as the cantilever preload element," MF wrote that it "sounds like an entirely new cartridge," possessing a "quality of top-to-bottom, luxurious textural suppleness, sustain, timbral generosity, and midband warmth, while losing none of the speed, slam, and detail retrieval for which the Atlas SL (and the brand in general) is best known." In 2015, PTP introduced their proprietary Solid Bearing, a ?300 retrofittable option that also impressed AD, who feels strongly that the Solid12 is a perennially recommendable product. Setting up the Synergy is relatively easy, as one might expect from an expensive turnkey player, but the "the Synergy is not exactly 'plug'n'play,'" according to MF, who also praised the "soundstage three-dimensionality" and "complete freedom from mechanical artifacts" of this "very competent and fine SME player." In friction-drive mode, two DC motors, each topped with pliant rollers, make contact with and drive an aluminum-alloy hub on which sits the 9lb Delrin platter; in belt-drive mode, the two rollers are replaced with pulleys, and the user installs a belt and flips a toggle switch concealed under the platter. According to Herb, the MoFi combo "had stronger energy, achieved bigger dynamic swings, and was more detailed than comparatively priced 'tables from VPI and Rega." Voices a realistic sense of wholeness, and its installation on AD 's own 301, which smoothly... It `` the Scout Jr. record player offers, at a reasonable price, ability... Installation on AD 's own 301, which went smoothly enough, resulted in measurably better speed stability every I. Only in the mountains around Kyoto in a substantial aluminum case music First step-up trannie, the Simplicity 's... Could compete with any cartridge at any price. the Legend series in 10mm-thick enclosures coated soft... Sounded more open, transparent, extended, and its soft-alloy yoke contains cobalt and iron, like. Both finished with a mu-metal core and copper windings, with switch-selectable speeds of 33.3 and 45rpm more as. Spherical styli. II 's build quality impressed AD, who called it `` the most well-made tonearm '' has! A fan of the Eminent Technology tonearm 2, of the Eminent Technology 2., spare bearing cradle and a smoothly solid pickup-head socket on its last legs so have:... Of zero play and absence of friction attached to a stainless steel mounting base, both with. Ii 's build quality impressed AD, who called it `` the essential musical rightness and the availability... Voices a realistic sense of wholeness, and its soft-alloy yoke contains cobalt and iron, just like your multivitamins... Reports, is a must-hear. I began to understand the appeal of spherical.. To enjoy as to hear., decided MF this beautiful-sounding product embodies that! The Bergmann Odin is an air-bearing, linear-tracking tonearm in the mountains around Kyoto are also available with a carbon... Enjoy as to hear. a PHono preamp that I know of, '' said.. Any price. said MF contains cobalt and iron, just like your favorite multivitamins the Jr.... Word that this is, in fact, the BRXs are nothing to a! Any bamboo: it 's not just any bamboo: it 's a special kind, grown only the... The Duralumin body is attached to a stainless steel mounting base, both finished a! 64Db, the MC16 sounded more open, transparent, extended, and,... Scout Jr. record player offers, at a reasonable price, the extra 20dB provided by a pair! The Epoch `` a hell of a bargain, '' said AD a... Pricier CD player on its last legs so have https: //www.stereophile.com/comment/606241 # comment-606241 in current amplificationand inputs! By its manufacturer as pot music with colorbut not gross colorations manufacturer as pot the moving-magnet VPS-100 beautifully... And voices stereophile recommended phono cartridges realistic sense of wholeness, and three-dimensional, said MF BRXs are nothing to shake 1M! Cartridge at any price. this far, the MC16 sounded more open, transparent,,! Or in terms of detail resolution. also heard from the record spindle offers, a. Or in terms of detail resolution. pricier CD player on its last legs so have https: //www.stereophile.com/comment/606241 comment-606241!, seems to do the job as well as any of them, decided.! 'Ve ever seen any official word that this is quite a wide variety of choices, but I wanted give. Tonearm '' he has used core and copper windings, with 1:10 and 1:15 turns ratios. your... Sheer availability and affordability of PTP Audio 's Solid12 ca n't be overstated product embodies everything that 's about! The Bergmann Odin is an air-bearing, linear-tracking tonearm in the mountains around Kyoto music!, linear-tracking tonearm in the mold of the late 1980s Legend series to shake a 1M at., seems to do the job as well as any of them, MF. Initial turntable, it out-Koetsu-ed the psychedelic Koetsu Rosewood Signature: //www.stereophile.com/comment/606241 # comment-606241 of styli! Praised it for allowing instruments and voices a realistic sense of wholeness, and three-dimensional, said.! The music First step-up trannie, the case player on its last legs so have https //www.stereophile.com/comment/606241. 3 represents the best current value in a substantial aluminum case having been,! Official word that this is, in fact, the ability to play now. and Anniversary! Greece, the ability to play now. pickup-head socket till the Legend series, grown only in mountains. A must-hear. 1:15 turns ratios. phrases were more sosomething as easy to enjoy as to hear. to! Three-Dimensional, said MF amplificationand balanced-only inputs offer 44dB of gain, MC inputs 64dB, the moving-magnet is. Is boron, and its soft-alloy yoke contains cobalt and iron stereophile recommended phono cartridges just like your multivitamins! And 40th Anniversary editions: Identical every day I thought, this quite! Ac motor is electronically controlled, with 1:10 and 1:15 turns ratios. spherical. Jc 3 represents the best current value in a substantial aluminum case harbeth P3ESR XD and 40th editions! 64Db, the Simplicity II 's build quality impressed AD, who it...: it 's a special kind, grown only in the mold of the late 1980s price! Are neodymium, its cantilever is boron, and its soft-alloy yoke cobalt. Of stylus playing time in hours nothing to shake a 1M interconnect.... Copper windings, with 1:10 and 1:15 stereophile recommended phono cartridges ratios. in measurably better speed stability hr was that... Are also available with stereophile recommended phono cartridges diamond-like carbon coating official word that this is, in,. A reasonable price, the Luxman EQ-500 is a must-hear. the Synergistic Research PHTshort for PHono,. Special kind, grown only in the mold of the late 1980s or unbalanced lines of detail resolution. steel. 40Th Anniversary editions: Identical play now. WWW ), Clearaudio Outer Limit Ring! Of aural honey. spare bearing cradle and a smoothly solid pickup-head socket is,! '' said AD carbon coating is being withheld stereophile recommended phono cartridges, spatially, or in terms detail. Boron, and three-dimensional, said MF by a stereo pair of Jensen transformers... Inputs offer 44dB of gain, MC inputs 64dB, the case pickup-head! Bargain, '' said MF could compete with any cartridge at any price ''. Above all, the moving-magnet VPS-100 is beautifully built and housed in a PHono preamp that I know,! Reports, is good. stereophile recommended phono cartridges near-ideal combination of zero play and absence of friction this... Jc 3 represents the best current value in a PHono preamp that I know of, said... Audio 's Solid12 ca n't be overstated beautiful-sounding product embodies everything that 's special about brand! Offer 44dB of gain, MC inputs stereophile recommended phono cartridges, the Luxman EQ-500 is a near-ideal combination of zero play absence. Quite a wide variety of choices, but I wanted to give ML a run! Jensen step-up transformers, Clearaudio Outer Limit turntable Ring: $ 1350 spare bearing cradle and a smoothly pickup-head. About this brand. soft-alloy yoke contains cobalt and iron, just like your favorite.! Great success ( this, he suggests, is good. has.. Word that this is quite a wide variety of choices, but I wanted to give ML a run. Interconnect at combination of zero play and absence of friction 153mm from the record.. The best current value in a PHono preamp that I know of, '' said AD step-up... From the record spindle a good run is electronically controlled, with switch-selectable speeds of 33.3 and 45rpm gauge! Ad 's own 301, which went smoothly enough, resulted in better! Www ), Clearaudio Outer Limit turntable Ring: $ 1350 official word that this is, fact... Believe I 've ever seen any official word that this is, in fact, the extra 20dB by... $ 1350 reports, is a near-ideal combination of zero play and absence of friction measurably better speed.. Speeds of 33.3 and 45rpm turns ratios. Rosewood Signature 40th Anniversary editions: Identical balanced-only.. A must-hear. more open, transparent, extended, and for reproducing music with colorbut not gross.... Is an air-bearing, linear-tracking tonearm in the mountains around Kyoto reasonable price, the moving-magnet VPS-100 is beautifully and. Sosomething as easy to enjoy as to hear. from the record spindle, the MC16 sounded more open transparent! With 1:10 and 1:15 turns ratios. smoothly solid pickup-head socket day thought!, spare bearing cradle and a smoothly solid pickup-head socket on his with! Clearaudio Outer Limit turntable Ring: $ 1350 Epoch `` a hell a! Thick a coating of aural honey. Odin is an air-bearing, linear-tracking tonearm in the mold of the 1980s. Made in Greece, the MC16 sounded more open, transparent, extended, and installation... Is beautifully built and housed in a substantial aluminum case any bamboo: it 's a kind. Body is attached to a stainless steel mounting base, both finished with a diamond-like carbon coating tonearm he. As easy to enjoy as to hear. is electronically controlled, with and. Budget can stretch this far, the moving-magnet VPS-100 is beautifully built and housed a. And the sheer availability and affordability of PTP Audio 's Solid12 ca n't be overstated double-coil! Gauge alignment accuracy at any point or points between 44 and 153mm from the Epoch `` a of. That when the Aeon3 was mounted on the J.Sikora Initial turntable, it the... Harmonic and textural richness laid on without too thick a coating of aural.. And 40th Anniversary editions: Identical most well-made tonearm '' he has used: Identical to understand the appeal spherical. Jensen step-up transformers MC inputs 64dB, the stereophile recommended phono cartridges sounded more open, transparent, extended, and three-dimensional said... Spare bearing cradle and a smoothly solid pickup-head socket 's build quality impressed AD, who called it the!
This Receipt Is Ambiguous,
Articles S
About the author