Hi Dave,
Thank you for following my posts over the years. Yes, there were many occasions that I thought I found the Holy Grail in vinyl playback, but time and time again it was beaten by another later product. In the past four/five years, there were continuous advances and I was lucky to experience them first hand. It was a very exciting journey.
1) The tungsten spacers were custom-made by a local blacksmith workshop. I made 3g, 5g and 7g with different thickness. As it is just a small piece of metal and simple to mill, they didn't cost much. You can choose different metals to play with, different metal has different sound. This is another topic.
2) CH Precision P10 with Lyra or Kasper do give very attractive sound but it is now beaten by My Sonic Lab Signature Diamond. DS Audio Grand Master Extreme with GM phonostage still is the best all rounded combo. MC cartridge sound is more gorgeous or enhanced, while optical cart is more natural and plain. They are quite different but equally lovely.
If you want to keep it simple, just want to enjoy the music without much hassle. DS Audio GM Ex is for you. For more playful users who want to change cartridges to get different sound and experience then CH Precision P10 is the way to go. Of course, the best is to have both systems
on board.
Thank you for following my posts over the years. Yes, there were many occasions that I thought I found the Holy Grail in vinyl playback, but time and time again it was beaten by another later product. In the past four/five years, there were continuous advances and I was lucky to experience them first hand. It was a very exciting journey.
1) The tungsten spacers were custom-made by a local blacksmith workshop. I made 3g, 5g and 7g with different thickness. As it is just a small piece of metal and simple to mill, they didn't cost much. You can choose different metals to play with, different metal has different sound. This is another topic.
2) CH Precision P10 with Lyra or Kasper do give very attractive sound but it is now beaten by My Sonic Lab Signature Diamond. DS Audio Grand Master Extreme with GM phonostage still is the best all rounded combo. MC cartridge sound is more gorgeous or enhanced, while optical cart is more natural and plain. They are quite different but equally lovely.
If you want to keep it simple, just want to enjoy the music without much hassle. DS Audio GM Ex is for you. For more playful users who want to change cartridges to get different sound and experience then CH Precision P10 is the way to go. Of course, the best is to have both systems
on board.
