I have a Rega Planar 3 with Super Bias cart and Michell Technoweight mod. I find it too sterile for me. Would a new cart help?
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I have a Rega Planar 3 with Super Bias cart and Michell Technoweight mod. I find it too sterile for me. Would a new cart help?
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Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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I'd park my bike outside the bakers and then nip next door to the hifi shop and buy an AT95e and see what that does - don't forget the Hovis though before you pedal home.
You might just not like the Rega sound, I have 2 tweaked P3 24's one has AT120e and t'other DL-110 - sterile isn't in that part of my vocabulary.
I'll hold my hand up to being a bit of a Rega fan, but I know it's not universal.
You can get an AT95e from Juno for about £35 posted - unless someone has something to loan you as an alternative.
Last edited by wobbleu; 01-04-2012 at 08:51. Reason: first name in stereo
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Planar-3 with Super Bias is definitely not sterile. If any criticism can be levelled at the Bias and Super Bias it is about it being 'too warm', not sterile.Originally Posted by Puffin
What is the system ?
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Would help to know what the current system is, amplifier, phono stage, speakers, interconnect cables, speaker cables, equipment tables used, any mains conditioning.
This could be a system synergy issue.
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what a twonk, do you know that had never occured to me.
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£35 squids sounds like music to my earsI will give one a go.
Is Juno an AOS person, or is it a company? On ebay?
Last edited by Puffin; 02-04-2012 at 14:14.
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