As it happens, this is a temporary pairing. The Colibri is destined for a different arm, and the Ikeda will support a different cartridge. But conveniently, this Colibri variant suits the high mass IkedaThe 3012R was far superior to the Ikeda, but that was the 10" version. The VDH carts seem to really like the 3012R.
Eventually a different, MS Colibri will hang from a Schroeder LT on the Beat, and Ikeda will hold a Fuuga over the Artisan Fidelity 301.
But i then plan to compare the new Kuzma 4point against Ikeda holding Fuuga
Currently I'm using the 301, Strad, Ikeda
I've adjusted vta today so now it's closer to parallel, definite improvement. I'll wait til I've put 100 hours on it before final judgement.
Currently tucking into the new vinyl that's been piling up....thievery corporation and another zero7 this evening. And more aural honey, but the bass is deffo filling out. Mezzanine by Massive Attack certainly brought the bass trolls out to play last night