I've heard nothing but good things about the Black John. Let us know how it goes for you. I haven't played with any of the 2M range but I do have a Concorde Pro/OM40 frankenstein (Pro S body, OM40 stylus) ala KAB that is pretty good on the SL-1210. I've been told the Black (not the Red or Blue) betters the KAB recipe in every respect.
Well, after my mishap with the Alpha Genesis 1000, I had to get a replacement. I settled on the ZYX R-100 Yatra. Got it installed last week and yesterday tweaked it using Feickert's Adjust+ Pro. I can say that although it's still in break-in, it's sounding at least as good as the Genesis and is pulling more music from the grooves. I expect it will surpass the Alpha Genesis once fully broken in. Merry Christmas to myself...
My latest addition ...finally a use for the second arm...Ikeda 9TT mono....mounted on a Clearaudio Universal arm. The only thing that distinguishes the mono from the stereo, is an inscribed "mono" hand scatched in above 9TT. Fantastic sounding cart...
nice to see the Yatra here.
I am very impressed by the RS 50 Bloom and use an old RS 20II beside my van den Hul in the moment.
I am thinking to buy a new Bloom or the Yatra.
nice to see the Yatra here.
I am very impressed by the RS 50 Bloom and use an old RS 20II beside my van den Hul in the moment.
I am thinking to buy a new Bloom or the Yatra.
My latest addition ...finally a use for the second arm...Ikeda 9TT mono....mounted on a Clearaudio Universal arm. The only thing that distinguishes the mono from the stereo, is an inscribed "mono" hand scatched in above 9TT. Fantastic sounding cart...
Why must it be a *huge* mono selection? I don 't have a huge mono collection, but I'm still thinking about having a mono setup in addition to my regular stereo LP playback. Now there's a reason to have two tonearms.
nice to see the Yatra here.
I am very impressed by the RS 50 Bloom and use an old RS 20II beside my van den Hul in the moment.
I am thinking to buy a new Bloom or the Yatra.
I have a Bloom as well (low output). I actually bought an Airy3-X, but sold it and went back to the Bloom, it was just more musical and only gave up a wee bit of high frequency detail.
Maybe 75 jazz mono test presses and another 50 regular production presses. The collection is still under a growth/aquisition strategy, even more so now that I have a dedicated cart.
There is plenty more in store...I was skeptical until I put one in my system (demo). The cart never left my house. Stereo carts (No matter how good) don't do mono records justice like their mono counterparts. It isn't even close.
That would be scary then Christian. I don't think I have heard a mono cartridge since I was around 13 and that has been a day or two ago. It would be very interesting to hear a decent mono rig.
That would be scary then Christian. I don't think I have heard a mono cartridge since I was around 13 and that has been a day or two ago. It would be very interesting to hear a decent mono rig.
I have a Bloom as well (low output). I actually bought an Airy3-X, but sold it and went back to the Bloom, it was just more musical and only gave up a wee bit of high frequency detail.
that is exactly what I heard from some of my Audio buddies in Germany.
@Christian
I am sure that this Monocart will satisfy you.
I am using Denon and Audio Technica Monocarts. And the sound is much better than my best Stereocarts with monopressings.
Do you use a dedicated Phonoamp?
That is the next step to greater performance. Then you will ask yourself why Stereorecordings where invented.
