Bought A Vintage Kiseki This Weekend


When I was in college I got bit by the audio bug. I dreamed of turntables and analog gear, as digital was in its infancy. My unicorns were the Koetsu Rosewood, the Mission Rosewood, and the Kiseki Purpleheart.

 

I have never seen a Mission Rosewood. I have owned a Koetsu Urushi Wajima.

 

This weekend I came across an offering for a 1st generation, not one of these new stock ones, Kiseki Blackheart that is still original. I negioated a reasonable price, Not a killer deal, but then these Blackhearts dont come up often, and its cheaper than many people want for a Blue Silver Spot or Gold Spot.

 

So it ships today and will be here shortly. The plan is to install it on the Dynavector DV505 arm and play it for a few months. Then it will go to Chris at AllClear Audio for a new diamond and tuneup.

 

I own an Ortofon MC2000/T2000, and now a Kiseki. I would love a stone body Kiseki or Koetsu. But my little vintage collection of cartridges is becoming dear to me.

neonknight

So I aligned the cartridge this afternoon. Getting a good sight on the grid with these Japanese style long bodies are tedious.

Have played a few albums and it has met those quiet expectations you have when you buy a cartridge. Is a Kiseki all fairy tales and legend? You wonder.

Fortunately the fables are true.

@lewm 

Never heard of cloning?

Test tube cartridges?

Artificial insemination? 

      You know where they got to stroke that

       cartridges John Thomas to get the stuff

Surrogate mother's? 

 

If there’s a new baby cartridge, doesn’t that mean someone got f**ked?

@neonknight Even though I have not got the Japanese Cart' Addiction as of yet.

I have empathy with you, as I am always looking at Cart's that do capture my attention, and interestingly a few of these are now from the Famous Japanese Stables, where Thoroughbred Cart's are known to have been foaled.