Oh. And if you google that. The only image you'll get is of mine!
Oh. And if you google that. The only image you'll get is of mine!
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
Agree with Geoff. A head amp can regularly better a lower end SUT but a top end SUT - I’m thinking some of the ones that I’ve owned like Kondo era Audio Note AN-6c, Hashimoto HM-7, S&B tx103 - will typically better any head amp (and I’ve had a few of those as well including Graham Slee elevator exp and Denon HA-500 and 1000, plus assorted boutique battery jobs).
Geoff has me intrigued. I have a something of a yen for Japanese SUT exotica.
Well, I recently heard a HA-500 VS Hashimoto and as far as I am concerned it was a one sided affair. I'd take the HA-500 all day, every day.
The Hashimoto was no where near as expansive and the sound stage was smaller. The HA brought everything out of the cartridge. And before we go on about impedance matching etc it was matched to the cartridge.
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I've used an HA-500. It was OK, but not for me really.
Same with the much revered EAR 834P (MM/MC version), which I thought overrated. The MC input is via inbuilt SUT's which I thought crap. The MM side is OK, but a bit 'tubey' and ill defined. The rather underestimated Graham Slee ERA Gold V + PSU1 showed that a clean pair of heels, especially on MC's with a decent SUT up front.
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
anyway back on track!
ive been playing vinyl since 8am non stop,that tells me something lol
keep your eyes on private exhibitions
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
The Cadenza Black works very well with the ST80SE SUT from Ortofon, it's the one I use.
SS
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
VALVE
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
cheers for the tip,big money though,putting the price to one side how can i tell if my mc stage in my pre amp is up to the job of getting the best from the black?
here's the specs for my phono stages in the pre amp
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
Head amps, phono stages, suts - it's about synergy. Get the best phono stage you can afford with an excellent mc/mm and you can climb the ladder later. Specs dont necessarily mean a match made in heaven.
Technics SP10 mk2
Jan Allaerts MC 1 Boron mk1 cart
Miyajima Shilabe cart
Hashimoto HM-X SUT
Siggwan (gimballed not unipivot) Cocobola 12"
Aurorasound Vida LCR Phonostage
The Truth linestage
Dave Slagle Autoformer Volume Controller
Cary 805c SET amps
Audio Note ANe-SPX speakers
Townshend Isolda speaker cables
Cardas Golden Presence interconnects