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I very briefly owned a Technics SL-7 - a very similar beast in concept - and that sounded pretty crap, tbh. Others seem to like them, though, and rate the SL-10 as much better.
Yep, I'll see how it goes with the new cart, hopefully it will turn up today/tomorrow. A fun thing to play with for a few tens of £.
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Really? The SL-7 is one of the best of the breed IMHO!Originally Posted by jandl100
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Oh dear - that does not bode well.Maybe mine was off-colour
... it was "OK" just kind of bland and uninspiring. Maybe I should look into an upmarket p mount cart? I've a £40 Audio Technica with elliptical stylus on the way.
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Kudos and top marks to Juno Records - I placed order for new AT p mount cartridge at 4.30pm yesterday, it has just been delivered. Astonishing service!
http://www.juno.co.uk/
And I have to say that the little Akai turntable sounds very fine indeed. A league better than my memory of the Technics SL7 - maybe the latter had a worn stylus?
Anyway - this will go very nicely indeed in my 2nd system.
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Battle of the cartridges ...
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The Denon DL-110 was always going to have an uphill battle as of the dozens of cartridges I have owned and heard the Orty MC25FL is by far my fave. It just hits the spot for me with its musical sophistication and focussed 3D imaging. Despite my gear-swapping ways I keep going back to it, this is the 3rd one I have owned. Generally it's a mistake for me to return to a previously owned component - its idiosyncrasies become immediately recalled and stick out like a sore thumb. But, like my MBL speakers, the Ortofon MC25FL just seems to suit me - I kind of settle back and think 'yeah, that's how it should go'.
The DL-110 put up a sturdy and commendable struggle, mind, but class will tell in the end. It took quite a few hours for significant differences to become evident - both are fine music transducers - but then the Orty got into its stride and ended up the clear winner for me. It's worth bearing in mind that even at used prices the Orty is twice the Denon's price, so it wasn't really that fair a comparison.
And of course tonearm compatability comes in to the equation and a somewhat different electrical circuit is used in my phonostage for hi-output (Denon) and lo-output (Ortofon) MC carts, so it was never going to be a level playing field.
Anyways, come the New Year the Denon DL-110 will be up for sale. Start the queue here.
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Pic of current 2nd system setup ... sounding rather good.
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Nice collection of Sony gear there Jerry, is that a transport and DAC or CDP and tuner? Also, wossat on top of the DVD player, cassette or DAT?
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Ah, no, not all Sony gear.
From the bottom ....
Sony 940R amp
Pioneer 575A DVD player used as CDP
Denon minidisc player.
Denon tuner and cassette deck
Akai AP-M7 turntable
And Usher X-719 speakers.
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