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| Kleos Sibilance I wonder if fremer had a lamp over the table to keep the cartridge warm per vpihw.LOLWhat a boatload of crap.And from the designer no less.UFBMaybe used cars is a more appropriate gig. | |
| Kleos Sibilance Geoch,Understood.For the record, it's not a cartridge I would own personally. For my taste, there are far better products at that price point. The Zyx Airy 3 is a fine example. To my ears it murders the Benz.I have no financial interest in Benz or... | |
| Kleos Sibilance PSThat's "exaggerated".Don't want stringreen calling me stewpid. | |
| What about 7"45's anybody still listen to them? I have 20 picture sleeved 7" records displayed in various areas of my listening rooms. Semi-rare stuff from Beatles, Stones, Beach Boys, Kinks, Dave Clark 5, etc. Never play them.The other 1,000 or so are packed and stored in the basement. Probabl... | |
| Kleos Sibilance Geoch,The Benz LP is not necessarily everybody's cup of tea but it's a fine cartridge nonetheless.Your remarks are a bit exggerated.IMO | |
| upgrade phono stage ? >>01-05-11: Blue_starfishThe Dyna P75 is special only if used in conjunction with Dyna carts<<Incorrect.There is nothing unique about the P-75 which makes it "special" with Dynavector cartridges. Some may prefer the combination while o... | |
| Kleos Sibilance I live in western New York near Buffalo and the cold weather has never been a factor in breaking in a cartridge.Funny in 50+ years and hundreds of cartridges this has never been a problem.You have a tonearm issue but some contributors choose to ig... | |
| New Lyra Delos wheres the bass? >>01-04-11: CyclopseDealer set the combination up and yes tonearm is horizontal to the record<<For clarification's sake, the top surface of the cartridge should be parallel to the record.I've encountered a handful of instances in which... | |
| Kleos Sibilance I've had 3 Kleos here in the past year and none of them took anywhere near 100 hours to settle in. Perhaps 30 at the most. Your ears are acclimating to the cartridge more than the cartridge is changing.The VTA/SRA is really quite simple and not ne... | |
| Your homemade tweaks? I installed windmills to get off the grid. | |
| Kleos Sibilance >>01-02-11: RobobTheoretically since the Helikon is lighter, if it works in a 9 sig, the Kleos should.<<Disagree. A 0.05 gram difference in effective mass is insignificant.More importantly, IMO, is the difference in design between Heli... | |
| Kleos Sibilance Yes, I made a dealer disclaimer in the third post of this thread dated 1/1/11.I'll discuss "other brands" in PM or phone call if you wish.The threads are not designed for sales promotion IMO. | |
| Kleos Sibilance See my previous comment about serious analog systems and vpi arms.If you're going to make a change, ensure it is a legitimate upgrade not just a longer iteration of the same design.IMO | |
| Kleos Sibilance The arm is certainly an issue.I speak to dozens of folks with very high level systems on a weekly basis and very few if any use vpi arms. Look at some of the more highly regarded poster's systems here on Audiogon. You won't see many vpi arms in us... | |
| Kleos Sibilance Consider a tonearm upgrade. Even with factory tweaks, the JMW-9 is an extraordinarily average product and incapable of optimizing most high level cartridges.Your Kleos deserves far better.IMODealer disclaimer |