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Location: brighton uk.
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I'm jamie.
alphason in the house!
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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Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 9,372
I'm Andrew.
hubba hubba!
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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: East Riding of Yorkshire these days
Posts: 4,779
I'm Shaun.
I used to have one of those on an Alphason Sonata turntable. Those were the days.
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Location: Essex
Posts: 32,442
I'm openingabottleofwine.
One of the best tone arms made, before the introduction of one-piece cast arms. Excellent use of ceramic bearings.
Cherish it and look after it as they are no longer made, or serviced.
Barry
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Location: brighton uk.
Posts: 4,737
I'm jamie.
cheers barry,yes i know although j7 can replace the bearings if needed.
i was all set to mount it tonight but although its linn geometry the hole for the mounting collar is bigger at 30mm compared to linn at 25mm,until tomorrow then!
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 Supernatural Anaesthetist
Location: North East
Posts: 3,691
I'm Steve.
Terrific tonearm. One of the best methinks. The early ones had a habit of picking up radio frequencies although I believe this was fettled on later versions. This one looks lovely.
Member
Location: New Zealand
Posts: 79
I'm Anthony.
Hi, looks just like my one - the later ones had some foam sprayed into the wand - less resonant. I like this tone arm in use, only lacks azimuth adjustment, but whether this is essential is not clear to me. There seems to be those who say it is, some say its not required.
Is there two counter weights ? - standard and heavier one for heavier cartridges? - whats the weight of the heavy counterweight?
I have another one, non MCS version and labeled as a H100RS , it has everything the same but the arm wand is chrome/ metal coloured, satin (not supper shiny) finish - can anyone explain to me why this is? I can't find anything about why this is so.
thanks
Anthony
My system:
Kenwood KD600/ Alphason HR100S MCS/ Audio Technica ATOC9Mk3 or Technics SL1210/ KAB bearing mod/KAB TD1200 fluid damper/Sumiko HS12 headshell/ Audio Technica ATOC9Mk2
Icon Audio PS3Mk2 phono stage (or Primare R32 phono stage plus Beyerdynamic SUT), KAB RF-1 rumble filter, Icon audio LA4 Mk3 preamp, Icon Audio MB90Mk2m mono blocks, Solid Tech Rack of Silence 4, Tannoy Glenair 10 speakers, Nordost Leif series Red dawn and Blue heaven interconnects, Neotech 3002 speaker cables
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Location: Essex
Posts: 32,442
I'm openingabottleofwine.
Surely the arm wand is earthed seperately? It can't depend on the ceramic bearings for earth continuity.Originally Posted by Floyddroid
Barry
Senior Member
Location: brighton uk.
Posts: 4,737
I'm jamie.
looking at mine it has been wired directly so no plug at the arm base,i believe these came with one standard weight and 2 optional ones,the other i have is in brass and made bespoke for the previous owner
as for picking up radio frequencies,well all i can hear in the quite grooves are local bloody taxis!
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
Fount Master & Moderator
Location: Essex
Posts: 32,442
I'm openingabottleofwine.
Try threading the arm cable through a ferrite ring. That should kill any RF pick up from taxis etc.looking at mine it has been wired directly so no plug at the arm base,i believe these came with one standard weight and 2 optional ones,the other i have is in brass and made bespoke for the previous owner
as for picking up radio frequencies,well all i can hear in the quite grooves are local bloody taxis!
Barry
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