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Systemdek IIX possible upgrades help needed.

Hi! I have a Systemdek llX table with a Alphonson Opal tonearm pair with a Rega Exact Cartridge. I was planning on buying a new table to upgrade but after much research found I proably wouldnt get much more performance in the table upgrade I could afford which was in the 1200 hundred dollar range. With that said in which direction would I stand to get the most performance in a upgrade. The table has the glass platter & a felt pad with no clamp. Should I upgrade the cartridge & matt? If so what is a good match for the Opal arm? The way I understand it the Opal is a very fine tone arm. Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers Deanna
deanna4242
tubiwan
14 posts
 
In my experience, in terms of purchasing "tweaks", I found that a non-felt mat topped by a SOTA Acrylic Supermat gave an order of magnitude improvement over the felt: certainly in terms of detail and noise floor. I've not heard the Systemdek arm but my RB300(Elys2 cartridge) with a Cardas re-wire and a Pete Riggle Brass counterweight made the Profile arm/Grado Green my IIX came with, a pile of...

But the greatest improvement was investing in a HEED power supply. This made the IIX it SO close to an LP12 Valhalla/Ittok/Koetsu Black it's staggering (I know because I have recordings from my old LP12 to compare with on metal tape); just a slight loss of inner detail and Bass "slam".

Interestingly enough the BASIS turntable dealer whom I purchased the HEED from, considered the Systemdek IIX would be a $2000+ turntable(w/o arm!) today! Talk about inflation! Selling the Profile made the cost of my 'dek $250! The Analog OPPO!
alextobi7
16 posts
 
Question for this thread. I have this deck in the IIX900. Want to upgrade sound.Currently mated is an RB250 arm with a Michell technoweight and upgraded silver wiring. Using a Grado Blue equivalent from the past (MCZ). (No hums)I sense that leaving the glass platter with None Felt mat is best. And using no record clamping as well. Would better dollars be spent on going PSU outboard with a Hercules/Mose Box (about $400) or ditching the RB250 for a Michell Technoarm (more $)?? Current sound is quite nice. Soon will mount a Denon DL103 and boost my PH3 phono box resistors to 100ohm. Feedback on best $$ spent much appreciated. Cheers, Alex
greenes
2 posts
 
I have a Systemdek IIX with a Michell branded (Rega) RB300, a new acrylic arm board correct for the Rega mounting distance, and the original glass platter with a Mission Sorbomat platter mat. I use a Michell record clamp. I saw in this thread that one should not use a clamp with this turntable. Why? How could it possibly damage the platter or bearing? Table sounds great to me! Thanks.
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