I love Peter's work on these Denon's, truly impressive, and a real craftsman. I must look to rebuild my DP80
I said I would never buy another Turntable...Argh !!!
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I love Peter's work on these Denon's, truly impressive, and a real craftsman. I must look to rebuild my DP80
I believe I’m correct in that the new GPA Monaco 2.0 in effect is accurate in speed to 4 decimal places. And that this can indeed be “easily” heard if the claims are to be believed.
Good news Christian, great turntable (just heard excellent opinions but have not heard it myself yet) - are you using any center weight with it?
Yes...David's weight is excellent. I haven't tried the LP1 yet but have tried no weight (by accident)...the sound suffers.
Coralstone Diamond just mounted. I will be dialing it in tonight.
Did you consider using a Koetsu headshell in the SME3012r?
Funny you say that...I just ordered a Koetsu Metal headshell from Japan to try.
Do you want to try an Arche headshell, Christian? I think I have one with silver wire sitting in a box. I can lend it to you. It is small..easy to send.
Tang
I'll be curious what you think of the Arche'. Make sure you try the wood and carbon fiber Yamamoto's from Japan.
Thank you Tang. I will PM shortly.
First impressions of Coralstone with diamond cantilever...wow for first play. Nearly impossible to align cantilever on SME 3012R. It is considerably shorter than the boron type and is slammed low to the record and it’s clear. Accurate overhang is about the most you can hope for.
I use the Yamamoto carbon fiber in one of my systems and it’s easily the best head shell I have tried, however haven’t really tried that many ......
Cheers....
My impression on the Coralstone for the first month was "Ooh, quite nice, different presentation, wide and deep sound stage, not so energetic, what is the buzz?" But now fully burned in, it is really a different story. It pours almost as much energy at me as the Opus1 on SAT. I mean music just radiate. I never heard anyone characterize Coralstone fast, snappy, with excellent high extension. But somehow my Coralstone is like that plus other things that people stereotype it. It was on SAT and now on Axiom. Same characters were shown on both arms except what I described in another thread. I found vtf 1.7 gives me this excellent sound on both arms.
Christian, your Coralstone D on Axiom or SAT with AS should sound extraordinary. One of your arm post is still vacant
.Tang
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I HAVE tried many and I agree.....the Yamamoto HS-4 carbon fiber headshell brings out the best in every cartridge I have.....MM,MI and LOMC.
The construction appears identical to the headshell on the SAT arm and I suspect this contributes heavily to the universal acclaim for that tonearm...
I HAVE tried many and I agree.....the Yamamoto HS-4 carbon fiber headshell brings out the best in every cartridge I have.....MM,MI and LOMC.
The construction appears identical to the headshell on the SAT arm and I suspect this contributes heavily to the universal acclaim for that tonearm...
Has anyone tried the Thomas Schick graphite headshell?
One thing you'll find Chris is that with the SME there's no shortage of options . The headshell game is another one of those near endless options my only caution here is using non metal ones, not all but they can and often do color the sound the other is to avoid cheap off brand low end products you find on ebay.
david
. The headshell game is another one of those near endless options my only caution here is using non metal ones, not all but they can and often do color the sound the other is to avoid cheap off brand low end products you find on ebay.david
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