Cartridge - headshell for the Bokrand tonearm
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I was using an Ortofon ST-7, but although great for the money, it was the weak link. I'm looking to part with some favorite cartridges and other miscellaneous gear so I can fund an EMIA...in the meantime, I'm using an EAT E-glo petit, which is much better than its modest price. And allows me to adjust loading for the MM carts I like to play with when not listening to the SPU or the Allaerts.
That EMIA looks very juicy. I was thinking abut Auditorium 23 or Sculpture A – Mini Nano. Went with Sculpture A – Mini Nano.
Trouble is this doesn't look right. Black on black, clunky cartridge, clunky headshell (AT-LH13H).
It’s a custom design single tonearm plinth. Nothing fancy but it was a horrendous experience with this plinth maker.
How could those “antiquated” cartridges let down an arm which is made from “antiquated” Ortofon bearing assembly?
@Kjetil Is trolling us. Imagine using “antiquated” carts on “antiquated” technology like record playback.
Forgot to mention my hypermodern TD 125 Mk. II. It can play 78s!
A bit if seriousness: I don’t get the love for spherical needles or elliptical for that matter. But I’m all into SMD, DSP and Class D amps anyway. Not really highend you know?
A bit if seriousness: I don’t get the love for spherical needles or elliptical for that matter. But I’m all into SMD, DSP and Class D amps anyway. Not really highend you know?
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You also forgot to mention your ears, which at +50 are antiques as well... Mine are already there, which puts my hearing range at a 2 or 3 thousand Hz range. Complete. Thankfully just outside my wife's "angry voice."
Hence my love of tube amps, old-school tonearms, SPUs, Empire 880ps, Lencos and TD 124s, and single drivers running "full range." My range, that is.
Hence my love of tube amps, old-school tonearms, SPUs, Empire 880ps, Lencos and TD 124s, and single drivers running "full range." My range, that is.
I forgot to mention my Phonaks too. They fix the 500 to 500 Hz 30 dB rolloff but even with those it's full stop at 11 kHz. Mind you, I'm still sensitive to inner groove distortion, so Namiki needles for my Audio-Technicas thank you. Except for the 78 plough that is.
That said a good stable tonearm deserves a good headshell. The Korf sounds like a well designed item, and the Audio-Technicas are not too shabby either. Adjusting them is a PITA though.
That said a good stable tonearm deserves a good headshell. The Korf sounds like a well designed item, and the Audio-Technicas are not too shabby either. Adjusting them is a PITA though.
@Kjetil since you are in Norway try and get a demo of NNNN speakers 
I think they might be your style
I think they might be your style
Could very well be.@Kjetil since you are in Norway try and get a demo of NNNN speakers
But I'm keeping my thitrteen years old dipole system. It has received new amplifiers and upgraded DSP over the years and I think it sounds pretty good.
I meet Rune from NNNN yesterday at Oslo Hifi Show across the fjord...he had of course new stuff in development
I´ll go there again in a week or so and listen to his new creations before they´re delivered to client
I´ll go there again in a week or so and listen to his new creations before they´re delivered to client
What do you fellas think about pairing Bokrand with a cartridge like Koetsu Rosewood Signature?
