A new cartridge chez Cagey

[Marco]

Looks kinda cool on the end of yer FX-1200 (with all that 'gubbins' fitted), Kevin. Glad it sounds good, too! Always did like the cartridges Technics produced. Enjoy

Marco.

[morris_minor]

Talking about MCs from back in the day I recently got hold of a NOS Yamaha MC-1x, with a tapered beryllium tube cantilever. My MC experience isn't extensive, but compared to a Zyx R100, Ortofon Rondo Blue, Hana EL, AT33M, and Ortofon Vivo Red - the Yammy is easily the best of the bunch.

[Marco]

Love the look of that too, Bob. The best of these classic designs, from the heyday of vinyl replay, often outperform modern items. You should make that picture into your avatar!

Marco.

[morris_minor]

It does look pretty cool, doesn't it, Marco? Kind of retro-modern. It shows what the Japanese corporations could do when they put their mind to it. I use the cartridge on a Kenwood KD7010 (aka 990), which, GyroSE notwithstanding, is easily the best turntable I've ever had. I sometimes wonder if I should take the "plinth" off it and run it as a "spider edition" - like here:



And I've just found this too: http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...ng-vinyl-naked

[Jimbo]

Beast of a turntable. Not seen one of those before!

[morris_minor]

Here's my KD7010 wearing it's black skirt to hide those butch legs . .

[Ammonite Audio]

The KD-990 does definitely sound better without its plinth, partly because the plinth acts as a sounding board for the mains transformer. I've had to fashion a small wooden box for the controls of mine, and at some point I'll need to cover the circuit board to protect the exposed components. The deck also sounds better without those big feet - I use OEM Stillpoints. Here is mine at the recent Styl:us vinyl show (more photos here http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...-us-Vinyl-Show ):

It does look pretty cool, doesn't it, Marco? Kind of retro-modern. It shows what the Japanese corporations could do when they put their mind to it. I use the cartridge on a Kenwood KD7010 (aka 990), which, GyroSE notwithstanding, is easily the best turntable I've ever had. I sometimes wonder if I should take the "plinth" off it and run it as a "spider edition" - like here:



And I've just found this too: http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...ng-vinyl-naked

[NRG]

The feet I agree with, I use oak cones under mine, the plinth I'm not so sure there's any difference......

[morris_minor]

The KD-990 does definitely sound better without its plinth, partly because the plinth acts as a sounding board for the mains transformer. I've had to fashion a small wooden box for the controls of mine, and at some point I'll need to cover the circuit board to protect the exposed components. The deck also sounds better without those big feet - I use OEM Stillpoints. Here is mine at the recent Styl:us vinyl show (more photos here http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...-us-Vinyl-Show ):

That looks impressive Hugo! I see you've mounted a different tonearm; what did you think the shortcomings were with the stock arm? I like the little housing you've made for the control switches too . .

[Mods: is it worth moving these Kenwood posts to a different thread - they've somewhat hijacked Kevin's OP ]

[CageyH]

I think thread drift like this is really interesting. Maybe an idea to add something to the title about the Kenwood deck?