Appearance alone, the Kuzma Safir 9 belongs on the J. Sikora Reference TTSafir 9 now on J. Sikora Reference
Thank you!Appearance alone, the Kuzma Safir 9 belongs on the J. Sikora Reference TT![]()
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Lovely TT set-up you have there 'MJG'
I‘ve had the Safir 9 for three months, mounted on the J. Sikora Standard Max before, changed to J. Sikora Reference today. Safir works excellent on both combos, added an incredible amount of substance, depth and transparency. Reference with Safir and Lyra Atlas Lambda SL to me are a perfect match.Sweet MJG. Table looks like a Kuzma XL 4 motor. What are did you use previously and what are your initial impressions of the Safir?
Highest praise imhoI felt it very hard to make the set up with the Aidas cart, using real music examples, as I always forgot, what I was looking for, ending up just with listening to the record side.
I like to recommend the Ortofon DS-3, it measures VTF correct. Watch Mickey Fremer's preview of his upcoming Safir rewiew. All tonearms with the 4Point bearing have to deal with this problem.In my case the scale is too high to show the correct weight, even if placed direct on the platter.
I turned both counterweights tightly against each other that they can still be adjusted. So I have the best results with the clearaudio DaVinci and Goldfinger and the Dynavetor DRT XV-1t. On the other hand, if I use the two counterweights without mutual contact, the difference in sound is negligible for me. But I suspect that possible differences are caused by different VTF settings.... So at first I found out, that the position of the 2 weights do matter in sound. But (in my case) more important is the effect to counter turn the 2 weights into each other, that they are fixed together, depending on the torque you apply, the resonance effect will change. With some carts you might prefer the 2 weights being separate, with the Aidas Mammoth the 2 weights should be strong together to get a sharper and more precise picture of the musicians in the room and to get the transients more precise
You're damn right!I definitely makes fun to try to understand the Safir 9 better and better over the time![]()
thank you for confirming my listening experience.Early on I had found once I had set the VTA set-screw then tightened the arm I would back off the set-screw so it would not contact the collar and this improved the sound, not by huge amounts but it was noticeable.
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