The A90 is an absolutely stunning looking cart and no doubt stunning sounding too IMO - I love Ortofon. I hate the look of SPU's no matter what they sound like. They remind me of a bounty bar on the end of a tube !
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The A90 is an absolutely stunning looking cart and no doubt stunning sounding too IMO - I love Ortofon. I hate the look of SPU's no matter what they sound like. They remind me of a bounty bar on the end of a tube !
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'Tis personal taste, is all.... I love my SPU both in terms of its looks and sound!
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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.
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Marco, I wont lie - Your deck is so tasty even the bloody SPU looks cool on itOriginally Posted by Marco
'Tis personal taste, is all.... I love my SPU both in terms of its looks and sound!
Marco.
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+1Indeed, which is why that, although I 'get' why people like how the A90 looks, it's the opposite of what tickles my aesthetic sensibilities (i.e. it ain't retro). Give me a nice fat, chunky, bad-boy 'needle' any day!
I also like it when cartridge leads are enclosed inside headshells, a la SPU, so that one simply sees a 'chunky block' over the record when it's spinning
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I really don't get on with an excessive amount of "wire dangle"... anywhere in the system. Speaking of integrated headshells, besides the SPUs and my modded Track/Groovemasters, I like the ones Technics put out. They are hard to come by, though. It also looks as if the Technics have adjustable overhang and azimuth, a big bonus in my book. (From Lenco Heaven)
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Would love to try one of these on my Techie http://cybwiz.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04...xpression.html
Do they do the finger lift in silver ?
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You'll just have to get the gold Techy. "Bling!"Would love to try one of these on my Techie http://cybwiz.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04...xpression.html
Do they do the finger lift in silver ?
Lyrics are the ramblings of man, sometimes inspired by The Creator, most often, not.
But music (melodies, harmonies, rhythms), that's God stuff.
Always was. Always will be.
One of the biggest lies ever told was that only certain kinds of people should listen to certain kinds of music.
(silent) VINYL LP SLIDESHOWS
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