Hi Bill, tonight i made some pictures from the Conqueror. You can show them under vinyl here www.galerie-jumpy.de
Cheers, Tom
Cheers, Tom
Tonearm recommendation
Hello all,
Recently procured a Feickert Blackbird w/ the Jelco 12 inch tonearm.
The table is really good, and its a keeper. The Jelco is also very good, but not as good as my Fidelity Research FR66s. So the Jelco will eventually hit Ebay, and the question remains do I keep the FR66s or sell that and buy something modern in the 5-6 K range. My only point of reference is my old JMW-10 on my Aries MK1, so I don't know how the FR66s would compare to a modern arm. So I'd like to rely on the collective knowledge and experience of this group for a recommendation.
Keep the FR66s, or go modern in the 5-6K range, say a Moerch DP8 or maybe an SME.
Any and all thoughts and opinions are of course much appreciated.
Cheers, Crazy Bill
Recently procured a Feickert Blackbird w/ the Jelco 12 inch tonearm.
The table is really good, and its a keeper. The Jelco is also very good, but not as good as my Fidelity Research FR66s. So the Jelco will eventually hit Ebay, and the question remains do I keep the FR66s or sell that and buy something modern in the 5-6 K range. My only point of reference is my old JMW-10 on my Aries MK1, so I don't know how the FR66s would compare to a modern arm. So I'd like to rely on the collective knowledge and experience of this group for a recommendation.
Keep the FR66s, or go modern in the 5-6K range, say a Moerch DP8 or maybe an SME.
Any and all thoughts and opinions are of course much appreciated.
Cheers, Crazy Bill
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Hi Bill, i have used on my Blackbird Jelco 750L 12", Reed 3P 12", TW 10.5 and actual Jelco 750D 9" and Origin Live Conqueror 12". Everybody knows that there is no better arm for the money than the Jelco`s. The Reed sounds very musical, but has a resonance problem in lower bass frequencies. The TW has an incredible accurate bass, but maybe a small stage. Moreover the TW looks a little bit to small on the BB. With the OL i can grow old. Pictures of the Reed can you see here. http://galerie-jumpy.de/categories.php?cat_id=20 From the TW i can mail and OL pictures i will make soon. Cheers, Thomas from Bavaria |
Hi Bill, if you measure the resonance of the Reed 3P you will see that there is something going on under 20Hz, what has nothing to do with music. https://www.dropbox.com/s/hdh5lef1i9e01ua/Resonanz%20EMT%20am%20Reed.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/yrmmnqz4sonay7p/AP_FresResponseReport%20-%20Lyra%20Delos%20-%203P.pdf?dl=0 I think this it is a problem with the counterweight and the magnetic bearing (swinging). I have heard Reed has reduced the problem, but don`t now more about it. Still the arm sounds really good! I would go with the 2A, if you will buy a Reed. The OL is very fine azimuth adjustable over the 2 pivotscrews, but the range is limited and you have to talk with Mr. Baker bevore. I have the internal and external Silver-Hybrid cables. Baker uses thinner internal than external cables which are soldered. http://www.originlive.com/key-information-overview.html Here you can read a lot of information. Maybe build philosophy at first... If you want i can make some pictures of the arm for you. Bye, Thomas |