Hi Bill, That was just for the photo. I got the arm yesterday and plan to design and have machined a custom outboard arm pod on which to mount the arm. It will fit, but the calculations are a bit complicated. I'll figure it out and then have someone make the apparatus. It should be a fun little project. I think patience will be required. I am very impressed with the build quality of the arm. My sample is in excellent condition and I have been cleaning it and getting to understand how it works. I am not quite on speed dial with David K, but he has offered his help, and I appreciate it.
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Peter, if you remember, I took contact with you concerning thé xa160.5 as I had at this Time a xa100.5 driving my pair of Sasha. They are always at home. My preamp was a ar ref5se, that I change à few months ago with a passive preamp, the Bespoke Audio... my source is now a dcs Rossini...
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Sounds an interesting project! I will be watching with keen interest. Might be worth also asking Mik (108CY) - he is bound to have experimented with a 2nd mount or at least custom mounts.
Good idea. I have spoken to Mik a few times about tables and arms. He does have experience, surely.
Sorry, I remember now. Yes, I made the same change with amps. The Pass power ratings are different, but they also seem to sound slightly different from each other. And mixing with different model or series preamps can also be interesting. I really liked the Rossini when I heard it at my dealership.
I have added a new cartridge to my growing collection. It has about fourteen hours on it so far. I find it highly resolving with excellent timbral accuracy. It sounds excellent with classical and choral music, but I am still dialing in set up. It is more complete sounding than my Colibri XPP having the same high energy over more of the frequency range. I am really enjoying this cartridge.
Thanks bonzo and bazelio. Mr. vd Hul suggested the configuration based on my system and my comments about my Colibri XPP. I'll have more extensive comments as the break in continues and I fine tune the set up. For now, I can just say that solo violin, choral and soprano, and larger scale classical have never sounded better in my system. The main impression so far is one of a significant increase in resolution, soundstage width/depth, and a more realistic tone (timbral accuracy) of acoustic instruments. Dynamics are off the charts (though this is not on horn/tube
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The goal was more clarity and energy, based on years of listening to the BSO and live chamber music. This cartridge is getting me closer.
).The goal was more clarity and energy, based on years of listening to the BSO and live chamber music. This cartridge is getting me closer.
Ked you know a emoji is always required at the end of your jokes !
You are just to sophisticated and British in your humor sometimes
Ked you know a emoji is always required at the end of your jokes !
You are just to sophisticated and British in your humor sometimes
Yes, Ked's jokes can sometimes be hard to decifer. Having said that, I have sometimes laughed my ass off about his and his fellow Brit Marc's jokes when others found them less amusing
.Al, you're dead wrong. Humour is a SERIOUS business this side of The Pond. Please be under no illusion.
Anyone who finds this less amusing needs conditioning w 24/7 loops of Monty Python, Blackadder and Little Britain.
I did not get Ked’s humor at my expense because he is the one who actually compares some component in an analog source chain to a digital component in a different system in a completely different context and then writes about it for pages and then declares one to be superior to all others.
I’m just a guy who lives in La La Land listening to solid-state driving Magico in his own listening room oblivious to the world around me.
I guess if I get out a little bit more I might better understand Kedar’s humor with zero distortion.
I’m just a guy who lives in La La Land listening to solid-state driving Magico in his own listening room oblivious to the world around me.
I guess if I get out a little bit more I might better understand Kedar’s humor with zero distortion.
You trust somebody with a doctor's handwriting to make your cartridge for you?
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