Greetings,
‘This is my first post here. I have been enjoying all the posts and the professional responses.
I purchased an Oracle Delphi MK II TT in 1982. This TT has served me well for the last 38 years. 2 years ago the motor started to fail. I let it sit unused until this year. I contacted Oracle about a new motor and a few other upgrades. Oracle contacted me and asked, with all the upgrades I wanted would I consider trading in the MK II for a new MK VI. Oracle made me more than a fare offer for my MK II. So now I’m the owner of a new MK VI. I had a ET2 Tonearm on the MK II for the last 35 years. Jacques at Oracle said he would make me a new mounting for the ET2 but would take some time. I said ok but please send me a mounting board for a Graham Phantom B44 arm that have.
Now the good part of the posting.
‘I received the TT and set it up with the following, installed the Graham Phantom B44 with a Denon DL-S1 cartridge going to a Denon AU-S1 SUT using Audience phono cables. I then hooked it up to my Mod Squad Phono Drive (a very nice unit that has served me well). What I didn’t expect was how Great this combination sounds. Every album I played made my ears smile. It sounds really really good.
My confusion is that it sounds almost equal to my main TT setup. My main TT is as follows:
ClearAudio Master Solution TT, Graham Phantom Elite arm, Benz LPS cartridge, Tara Labs Zero Evolution Phono w/ Ground Station and a Aesthetic I/O Eclipse phono pre amp.
Please don’t get me wrong, I’m very happy that I have 2 wonderful TT. I didn’t think the Oracle would compete with my ClearAudio setup But it comes really close.
I’m very happy to have 2 TT with two different stylus geometries. Both TT provide me with much musical enjoyment.
Thank you WBF for letting me post.
‘Respectfully
Joe Nies
‘This is my first post here. I have been enjoying all the posts and the professional responses.
I purchased an Oracle Delphi MK II TT in 1982. This TT has served me well for the last 38 years. 2 years ago the motor started to fail. I let it sit unused until this year. I contacted Oracle about a new motor and a few other upgrades. Oracle contacted me and asked, with all the upgrades I wanted would I consider trading in the MK II for a new MK VI. Oracle made me more than a fare offer for my MK II. So now I’m the owner of a new MK VI. I had a ET2 Tonearm on the MK II for the last 35 years. Jacques at Oracle said he would make me a new mounting for the ET2 but would take some time. I said ok but please send me a mounting board for a Graham Phantom B44 arm that have.
Now the good part of the posting.
‘I received the TT and set it up with the following, installed the Graham Phantom B44 with a Denon DL-S1 cartridge going to a Denon AU-S1 SUT using Audience phono cables. I then hooked it up to my Mod Squad Phono Drive (a very nice unit that has served me well). What I didn’t expect was how Great this combination sounds. Every album I played made my ears smile. It sounds really really good.
My confusion is that it sounds almost equal to my main TT setup. My main TT is as follows:
ClearAudio Master Solution TT, Graham Phantom Elite arm, Benz LPS cartridge, Tara Labs Zero Evolution Phono w/ Ground Station and a Aesthetic I/O Eclipse phono pre amp.
Please don’t get me wrong, I’m very happy that I have 2 wonderful TT. I didn’t think the Oracle would compete with my ClearAudio setup But it comes really close.
I’m very happy to have 2 TT with two different stylus geometries. Both TT provide me with much musical enjoyment.
Thank you WBF for letting me post.
‘Respectfully
Joe Nies