I said I would never buy another Turntable...Argh !!!

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So I assume now that you find either (London or Decca) better than Speaker's Corner reissues?

Ouch compared the ED1 new World to the speakers corner issue at the General's recently. Large differences right from the first note
 

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Ked, you do know visiting The General is bad for your mental health.
You can only come away pining for mainly unobtanium.
 

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His room, his system, his collection.
 

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Latest vintage cart. Mine was sealed NOS but before I mounted it for the first time I swapped out the stock stylus for a Jico SAS stylus. Tracking at 1 gram. Not bad sounding right out of the box...needs some breakin.
 

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Christian, after many months with the AS1000 how does it compare to the CA and AF1. Said another way, why do you need the others anymore?
 

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Christian, after many months with the AS1000 how does it compare to the CA and AF1. Said another way, why do you need the others anymore?

I probably don’t but have no compelling reason to get rid of the other two. If I end up selling one, it would most likely be the CA. I won’t be making any decisions until I am actually moving the stereo to my new home currently under major rennovation. The CA has not been setup since the arrival of the AS 2000 last December...
 

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Latest cheap vintage cart. AT Signet TK7SU circa 1977. Nude Shibata. Sounds great and only $300. Go figure...
 

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Some of the Signets are definitely sleepers. They, like the Grace, are very good. I have the Grace and several models of the Signet. If, however, you are searching for a non-moving magnet "Holy Grail", I recommend trying one of the better Technics offerings and the virtually impossible to obtain moving iron ADC TRX-3. Still, I always fall back to a moving coil or strain gauge for most serious listening.

An aside: Field coil cartridges are the next big thing, I believe.
 

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Some of the Signets are definitely sleepers. They, like the Grace, are very good. I have the Grace and several models of the Signet. If, however, you are searching for a non-moving magnet "Holy Grail", I recommend trying one of the better Technics offerings and the virtually impossible to obtain moving iron ADC TRX-3. Still, I always fall back to a moving coil or strain gauge for most serious listening.

An aside: Field coil cartridges are the next big thing, I believe.

Which non-mm Technics cartridges are you talking about Win, EPS-3xx series?

david
 

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Which carts are field coil carts?
 

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Think you have heard the IO Ltd Ked. Pretty sure Guy has one. Needs external power supply obviously.
 

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Think you have heard the IO Ltd Ked. Pretty sure Guy has one. Needs external power supply obviously.

Guy has the AN IO. Rhapsody on my first trip had the role whole Kondo TT set up with the IO, and Jim (JVS) has it on his kronos pro with a Graham.
 

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Guy has the AN IO. Rhapsody on my first trip had the role whole Kondo TT set up with the IO, and Jim (JVS) has it on his kronos pro with a Graham.
Not all IO are fieldcoil, just a limited number.
david
 

bonzo75

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Oh ok
 

Audiophile Bill

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He has the IO Ltd Ked. I heard it in his system lol.
 

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