Dereneville Linear Tracking on TechDas AIRFORCE TWO

[groovemaster]

It is not often that top class turntables in a very high price league are combined with tonearms that equally reflect this quality. Here I would like to show an example, for a convinced YES!
Dereneville Linear Tracking arm, "Made in Germany", Kuzma tonearm for the IKEDA mono system and as phonostage the AS Phonolab from Audiospecials, also "Made in Germany".

Somehow I can sit back and relax at the sight of it.

 

[shakti]

AF2 always looks nice, but with this linear tracking tonearm the design becomes even more unique and engineering driven.

thanx for sharing the pictures.

 

[Lagonda]

To me the Dereneville arm is the only high-priced arm where you really see where the money went, and its cheap compared to some arms

 

[Solypsa]

How many carts are in rotation on the Dereneville? Curious if it favors low compliance? Meanwhile pic shows Soundsmith so maybe medium compliance...

 

[groovemaster]

Solypsa,
wow!
Absolutely right. It is a Soundsmith Hyperion II Cartridge in the Dereneville.

 

[Vinyljunkie]

Meanwhile I changed to Micha Hubers xquisite st from switzerland. As far I can humbly judge it this is a perfect match.
yours
ih

 

[groovemaster]

What also stood out was this complete silence in the long pauses in the sound of contemplative classical music, which only unfold their magic through a delicate triangle.
The Dereneville arm was connected via the balanced input of the AS Phonolab 1.5, which explains the complete absence of noise. In a word. Dynamics.

 

[Vinyljunkie]

Very true!
Music was:
Gustav Mahler, Zubin Mehta, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra - Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
London Records, The Super Analogue Disc SLA-1231-2, KIJC 9014-5
1991 Japan
One of my favourite pieces of classical music and i.e. by Gustav Mahler.
Let alone the 6th movement be a symphony of its own: "The divine final of a great work".

 

[Addicted to hifi]

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