sorry, this gets complicated.
Mike, just how do you decide which arms go on which TTs?
my intention when the arm boards arrive for the T1 is to mount the Primary Control FCL/Etsuro Gold left front, and the Tosca/DaVa on the left rear, and provisionally the Ikeda with either the Audio Technica or more likely the Koetsu Azule on the right rear (Koetsu seems a better match for the Ikeda so far).
then i'll have the 2nd Tosca/likely with the Audio Technica on the left rear of the NVS and the Durand Telos wood arm wand on the right side with one of my Infinity mono's.
my thinking is it's possible i end up with one or two turntables, not three. but have to let things play out. i want to hear just how far things go with the T1 w/clock to understand the choices.
will the delta between tt's be such that i might not listen to all the tt's enough to keep them all? i don't expect that to be the result, but can't really know that yet.
Ok, the CS Port is a no brainer.
yes.
But the Durand, the Primary Control FC, you have others as well?
my arm roster--
(2) Tosca's
Primary Control FCL
Ikeda
Durand Telos wood arm wand.
CS Port linear tracker.
What's the thinking on which arm goes on which TT?
right now i'm looking to hear the best arms on the T1 and see if it separates itself. how great can it sound? will i keep the Ikeda, or add a different arm in place of it? i could see switching the FCL back and forth between the T1 and NVS to nail down the differences if it's close.
Also, you often talk about the CS Port in relation to first the Saskia, now the T1...but rarely do you discuss the comparison with the NVS, indeed you only occasionally talk about the NVS at all.
the last 60 days, with the Saskia gone and the Esoteric in play, my EMIA phono corrector has limited my arms supported to only 2. since the MC Trio SUT has -2- 1:15 inputs, which all the cartridges except the DaVa are compatible with. and -1- 1:50 input, which only works with the very low output DaVa. the DaVa is mounted on one of my Durand Tosca's which is sitting on the shelf, waiting for an arm board.
mostly prior to the Saskia leaving, i was doing the NVS/Primary Control FCL/Etsuro Gold, and the CS Port/Etsuro Gold. with some Dava/Saskia thrown in. now i've taken the second 1:15 SUT input for the T1/Ikeda/Koetsu/Audio Technica instead of the NVS/Primary Control/Etsuro Gold. mostly because i'm trying to decide whether i keep the CS Port or not, and wanted to enjoy the T1. so i wanted to live with it more in direct compare. i certainly can easily change the phono cables to the Primary Control FCL/Etsuro Gold, but just have not done it. or i can plug that into the dart phono too. but just not done it. had all the tape stuff going on too. just not messed with it. not that it's forgotten or lacking.
so my agenda is first things first. right now listening to the T1 with the only arm i can mount, the Ikeda. and the CS Port....of course. when the arm boards arrive the real fun begins.
there will be a test later so study hard.
