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Location: South West England
Posts: 958
I'm Guy.
Nice acquisition Marco. At the recent RMAF I had a loan of an RS309D arm and the SPU 90th Anniversary model. I'm not sure where that version sits alongside the one you've got (I ended up using the Io anyway) but I'm sure it was a good deal more refined than a GM-E.
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Location: London
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I'm Robert.
Is that all Marco !?!, You are clearly not dedicated to this hifi upgrade thing and need to add one of these Ortofon babies at £5000 a pieceOriginally Posted by Marco
Lol - I was shocked earlier when I added up the cost of all the 'Ortofon bits' (tonearm, SUT and cartridge) on my Techy, which with the addition of the Royal GM MKII, now comes to just shy of £5k!That's before you get to any other parts of the T/T.... However, this is high-end vinyl replay at its absolute best, and so worth every penny
Marco.
http://www.audioaffair.co.uk/Ortofon...t_6237?ref=gmc
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Location: Sheffield
Posts: 2,898
I'm Simon.
Isn't the Anna just a Winfield in a dress?
Welcome to the world of decent stylus Marco, what took you so long.
Kuzma Stabi/S 12", (LP12-bastard) DC motor and optical tacho psu, Benz LP, Paradise (phonostage). MB-Pro, Brooklyn dac and psu, Bruno Putzeys balanced pre, mod86p dual mono amps, Yamaha NS1000m
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Location: Essex
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I'm openingabottleofwine.
Pah! That's cheap - look at the price of some of the 'gemstone'-bodied Koetsu cartridges. Or even the Lumière cartridge; handmade to order.Is that all Marco !?!, You are clearly not dedicated to this hifi upgrade thing and need to add one of these Ortofon babies at £5000 a piece
http://www.audioaffair.co.uk/Ortofon...t_6237?ref=gmc
Barry
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Location: London
Posts: 4,419
I'm Robert.
Yep, It's a mad world aint it
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Location: west midlands
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I'm andrew.
Very nice Marco, enjoy, but be VERY careful!
Trade: Wakefield Turntables
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 9,324
I'm Andrew.
High end ortofons are ace! I had a Rohmann for a while but now I simply cant live without my Cadenza black. I'd love to snag a winfield at some point but i'm exploring Koestu's!
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CD Teac VRDS25X(Audiotuned) DECK 1210 Mat Crystal Audio Mods MN Base/Bearing/Platter+Ebony armboard Feet Isonoe PSU Paul Hynes SR7EHD-27XL/DCSXL Ag DC lead/3 Stage Regs/Recap PCB+No Pitch/Strobe/Light ARM SME V(Kondo Ag Rewire&Tags) MC Cadenza Black FGS CABLES Arm Yannis SPD-4 IC Yannis 222 Litz+Ag bullets Power WAR PRE ATC SCA2 SPEAKERS ATC 50ASL STANDS Atacama PHONO Sugden Masterclass PA4 SUT Ortofon ST80SE POWER PSAudio P10
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PRE Croft Epoch(Modded) AMP Sondex S100 (Modded) SPEAKERS Tannoy 15"MG+RFC Warwick cabs+ Ref XO + Batpure supertweeters DECK Garrard 301 Mat Teunto Bearings 401(Bastin) Plinth Bamboo Arms 3009/3012 PSU Eagle+Tachometer MC Ag Meister II/FGS + Ortofon SPU MONO CABLES Arm Yannis 420.5 Litz+ SpeakerPC Tripple C+WBT-0681 Ag IC Oyaide FTVS-510 AgWBT 0110Ag Phonostages Paradise(4 Box Mega-Modded) / Croft Musicmaker
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Location: Derbyshire
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I'm Josie.
Stick it on a chain and give it the wife for Christmas.. Whoo hoo!
Nice bit of kit Marco... I'm looking for either an SPU or a Decca next.
Ultrafide U500DC power amplifier - Croft Vitale )highly modified) - TRIO L-07D Turntable - Denon DL103C1 - Funk Firm Houdini - Lentek MC head amp - 15" Tannoy Monitor Gold Loudspeakers in Lockwood Major cabinets (From Trident Studios) - Tannoyista SPEC 3 Custom Crossovers - VanDamme Black Speaker Cable
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Trade: BD Audio
Location: Malvern
Posts: 124
I'm Jack.
Congratulations Marco, I've been recently appointed the central England SPU specialist in the Ortofon dealer network and am amassing a collection here.
I love an SPU or two, Royal is a corker, you are a lucky guy....
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Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK
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I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
Cheers, Martin. It's worked out fantastically well. What I was aiming for was to retain all the fundamental (and renowned) musical qualities of the SPU, but add some more 'polish', refinement and a little more extension at the top end.Very glad it's worked out well for you, Marco. Always a shot in the dark taking a punt on a cartridge unheard, as I know too, but you tend to have a good feeling about these things.
I look forward to hearing it in my system sometime
The SPU Royal GM has given me all of that and more!
Marco.
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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