Am I just weird?

[stereonut8]

Every time (almost) I look for owners' forums or manufacturer threads I don't see anything I own. My main system consists of:
Primare I32
Oracle Alexandria MK III with a Sumiko Premier MMT arm
Canton Ergo 1002DC speakers
Stax SRX MkIII/SRM-T1S headphone and amp.
I do have an Oppo BDP-105 and can find forums; but mine is modded by EVS, so it gets down to finger-pointing.
All of the above has been bought used

I do have a Nakamichi Receiver 2 (less well known than the inferior RE-2, I fear) and a pair of Boston Acoustics T-830s that I bought new back in the day. Even those are not household names.

So it's been hard to get advice on system synergy as I built my systems. Currently I am looking at upgrades to the Sumiko tone arm. It's complicated because the Alexandria can only handle arms within a certain range of weights. Oracle put out a list years ago; but it doesn't include modern arms like Origin Live, or The Wand. I've been looking at Acos Lustre, Micro Seiki, and SAEC; but I'm not sure any would be an undeniable improvement over the Sumiko. ANY ADVICE WOULD BE DEEPLY APPRECIATED. I'm using a Hana SL most of the time, but I like to switch to a Sure V15 V or Dynavector 10x3 or Denon 301 at times. My budget would be under $1,000...the more under the sooner I could act.

Thanks to all,
Jim

 

[Gregadd]

Yes.

 

[Al M.]

Hell no.

 

[Al M.]

Every time (almost) I look for owners' forums or manufacturer threads I don't see anything I own. My main system consists of:
Primare I32
Oracle Alexandria MK III with a Sumiko Premier MMT arm
Canton Ergo 1002DC speakers
Stax SRX MkIII/SRM-T1S headphone and amp.

Cool. I used to have a Stax SRM-T1, the precursor of your headphone amp, back in the day. And of course Stax headphones.

 

[andi]

Hi Jim,
as I changed the tonearm on my Oracle to an OL Conqueror, I contacted Oracle and they send me the needed springs for that heavy arm (nearly 2 labs).
When you are sure which arm you will purchase, ask them for advice which springs you will need.
I am sure you will get great support.

BR
Amdreas

 

[stereonut8]

Yes.

Well that settles that.

 

[stereonut8]

Hi Jim,
as I changed the tonearm on my Oracle to an OL Conqueror, I contacted Oracle and they send me the needed springs for that heavy arm (nearly 2 labs).
When you are sure which arm you will purchase, ask them for advice which springs you will need.
I am sure you will get great support.

BR
Amdreas

Thanks, Andi. Jacques and Martin are a real pleasure to deal with. The bigger issue is what arms work well with the Alex, are within my budget, and superior to the Sumiko. Unfortunately, it's not possible for me to audition tonearms. There isn't an OL dealer within 1,000 miles of me according to their site. I did look at the Silver on line. How do you like the Conqueror? What did it replace?