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| Is VTA and SRA the same thing? Guys. Jeesh. You move the arm up or down until your ears &/or electrical measurement system tell you that best results are obtained. Surely this academic squabble over definitions is meaningless in the practical domain! | |
| La Platine tonearm help needed. If you don't have the table/arm yet note:The Schick arms come with either a din output OR bound cables with rca termination. You will see what you have when it arrives :)What cartridge do you plan to use? | |
| Tonearm for Zephyr Mk3 12g / 10uM isn't especially low compliance...But for high mass arms the Groovemaster (for new) and the FR64S (for used) come to mind within a modest budget | |
| Add cartridge to current lineup The Trumpet is quite good. I've heard one mod'd with high end caps and it was very compelling. 12ax7 are spendy to get the good ones is the only bummer...The P3-24 is a fine table but really not going to get you there (imho and given the level of ... | |
| MC Cartridge Ideas As previously mentioned phasemation might be a good idea, however *if* your arm can really swing a 20g low compliance cart pm me ;)Of course (and this is obvious) investing in top pressings will be required as well ! | |
| What to upgrade to? If the OP is all-analog or at least mainly analog then two complete turntables would be a lot of fun. Get a sense of what the Lenco does versus another topology and all that side by side. Plus if there is a higher mass arm in the mix as well as th... | |
| Cartridge recomendation for Garard 301 and Ikeda IT-345CRI Shilabe can sound a little dark depending system. I have setup several. They are not hard to get sounding decent and are quite good overall. | |
| What to upgrade to? I know the op targeted table or speakers , but its worth talking about phono preamp too. Also spreading the budget could work too. Maybe better cart &/or SUT or phono. Maybe subwoofer? So many variables.3012 arm? | |
| Recommend cartridge for pass labs preamp amp and Harbeth 40.2 What is the tonearm? | |
| SUT vs. Phono preamp A SUT can ring etc. so is not without possible sonic artifact. On the other hand a SUT more or less can't pass rfi which may bring a benefit to your phono considering the MC ultra high hf bump...so like most things audio comes down to specific imp... | |
| Cartridge recomendation for Garard 301 and Ikeda IT-345CRI Of all the denon 103 based reworks the 'sculpture a' ones from Ana Mighty Sound seem pretty compelling. Only caveat is outputs are quite low so will need plenty of gain from your phono...And yes your setup is optimum for lower compliance... | |
| Best Tonearm and Cartridge for 4K or under for restored Garrard 301 3012s1 are hard to find but do have a higher effective mass vs the 3012s2 or 3012r. Meanwhile the 3012r has a cult following. The Groovemaster titanium is no slouch and highly recomended for a brand new arm under 2k but *if* you can find an excell... | |
| Best Tonearm and Cartridge for 4K or under for restored Garrard 301 Lots of good suggestions and ideas. A couple comments:1) the Cary phono pre has somewhat low gain for mc and limited loading (100/47k). This may all be a non issue but take it into consideration. ( on the other hand the Cary preamp has a fair amo... | |
| Best Tonearm and Cartridge for 4K or under for restored Garrard 301 Nice arms in your list. What are the carts in your shortlist?Is it important for you to have removable headshell to swap carts?Imo this is about getting the best arm and best cart for the respective money and at the same time picking arm and cart ... | |
| Just curious — Crown xls 5202 amplifier Basically chip amps...And they don't do complex subwoofer loads especially well. |