I’m with Tom on this one. Shelter 501 really sings on my Audio Technica ATP12 arm, good all round performance and I am more than happy with it. I have an Allnic Verito cartridge that also works with that arm.
Nigel
Location: Devizes, Wiltshire.
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I'm Nigel.
I’m with Tom on this one. Shelter 501 really sings on my Audio Technica ATP12 arm, good all round performance and I am more than happy with it. I have an Allnic Verito cartridge that also works with that arm.
Nigel
You can throw all the carts known to man at it....but if they are not matched to the arm and phono/step up they will never sound how they should.
Bakoon 13r Denon DP80 Stax UA-70 Shure Ultra 500 in a Martin Bastin body with jico stylus, project ds2 digital Rullit aero 8 field coils in tqwt speakers
Office system, DIY CSS fullrange speakers with aurum cantus G2 ribbons yulong dac Sony STR6055 receiver Jvc QL-A51 direct drive turntable, Leema sub. JVC Z4S cart is in the house
Garage system another Sony receiver, cassette deck
System components are subject to change without warning and at the discretion of the owner.
I bought a 103R to try on my Sony which was supposed to have a heavier tonearm. Quite possibly the effective mass on that tonearm was higher than Rega, but still insufficient for 103r. This cart really needs a tonearm with a high effective mass. I also tried a heavy counterweight and a Denon SUT. In the end I sold 103r, I preferred DL-110 and my Benz Ace.
But it's a personal thing, at a mini bake-off a friend of mine preferred 103r through his phono stage in my system, while I preferred Benz Ace with my phono stage.
TT: none atm; Carts: Benz Micro Ace SL; Phono stage: Nuda dual mono
Digital: Rotel RCD-965BX, rDAC; Amp: Modwright KWI-200, Speakers: Dynaudio Special 25
ortofon rondo bronze??? they have the FG tip on them already. not sure how it would match the arm though??
CTC Classic 301 , SPH bearing and Hanze Hifi HAT CPS-2 all analogue power supply / Tenuto Mk2 mat / custom Panzerholz and Kewasinga articulating plinth / Track audio isolation feet / Reed tonearm / Audio Technica ART 9 / 2 box BigBottle mk3 phonostage with Clarity cap CMR and NOS Telefunkens valves / Croft 25R preamp with upgraded 12BH7A line stage and NOS 1956 RCA valves / Croft 7R monoblocks with NOS 56 RCA valves/ Dynaudio Contour 30i speakers / Spotfire interconnects and speaker cables / Merlin Scorpion mains block / Rhodium mains cables / Marantz CD DAC /
Have a day out with your misses in Brighton oil and hear my decca lol
My System
John Wood KT88 Amp.
Paradise Phono Stage
Sony TTS-8000 Turntable.
PMAT-1010 MK6 Tonearm.
Ortofon Cadenza Bronze
Sony X555ES Cd Player
Yamaha NS1000m Speakers
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For years I was a big fan of Dynavectors.
Started with a DV23rs, and wound my way up thru 17D2, 17D3, XX1L ..... then topped the lot musically with a 10X5.
How weird is that?
But the 10X5 remains the most enjoyable Dyna I owned.
You do get a bit more detail out of the propa Dyna MCs, but there's a rambunctious, lolloping sense of fun and sheer enjoyment with the 10X5 that won me over.
I'm also a big fan of the Denon 103, especially when rebodied in a nice massy lump of aluminium. I ended up with a Zu 103 after owning a standard 103 and loved it. It's a great way to extract more detail and refinement out of the bundle of musical fun that is the standard 103.
I never got round to a 103R.
It does sound kind of crazy - but cross a 17D3 with a 103 and you kinda end up with a 10X5.
Anyways, when all is said and done, given your stated preferences, I would defo look at a Zu 103.
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