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Marco
28-05-2013, 23:30
Shamelessly stolen from pfm:

http://www.pinkfishmedia.net/forum/showpost.php?p=2015572&postcount=30

There's a nice snapshot of an SPU and the tonearm I use, too... Can anyone identify the turntable used for cartridge testing? :)

Marco.
Rare Bird
28-05-2013, 23:44
Is it an 'Acoustic Solid' turntable?
The Grand Wazoo
28-05-2013, 23:46
It looks to me to have a very low profile - almost like it's built into the bench. The best view you get of it is at 2'23" and you can see a chrome cylinder like a suspension tower or mounting fixture.
The Grand Wazoo
28-05-2013, 23:56
There's a whole heap of Ortophon's videos on YouTube here (http://www.youtube.com/user/OrtofonAS2010?feature=watch) including one of the coil winding ladies doing their early morning loosening-up exercises!!

Also watch them make their own rubber compound.
Tarzan
29-05-2013, 07:09
Two points;


1. Why is the narrator talking like that?:lol:

2. l would love to hear that A90- some serious technology going on there.:)
WOStantonCS100
29-05-2013, 07:43
Nice. Very nice. Aesthetically, the near polar opposite of the SPUs.
Marco
29-05-2013, 08:00
There's a whole heap of Ortophon's videos on YouTube...

Is the miss-spelling deliberate, daftee?

Marco.
The Grand Wazoo
29-05-2013, 08:18
No.....and I really do know better than that!
Marco
29-05-2013, 08:20
Nice. Very nice. Aesthetically, the near polar opposite of the SPUs.

Indeed, 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! :exactly:

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 :)

Marco.
Marco
29-05-2013, 08:22
No.....and I really do know better than that!

It'll be that Absinthe from last night.

Marco.
RobbieGong
29-05-2013, 21:50
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 !
Marco
29-05-2013, 21:55
'Tis personal taste, is all.... I love my SPU both in terms of its looks and sound! :)

Marco.
RobbieGong
29-05-2013, 22:07
'Tis personal taste, is all.... I love my SPU both in terms of its looks and sound! :)

Marco.

Marco, I wont lie - Your deck is so tasty even the bloody SPU looks cool on it :)
WOStantonCS100
29-05-2013, 23:58
Indeed, 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! :exactly:

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 :)

Marco.

+1

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)


http://homepage2.nifty.com/nic/img1/epc-205cmk4.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a52/jasnev/Hi%20Fi%20and%20Horology/Lenco/EPC205mk3T3Pro.jpg
RobbieGong
30-05-2013, 09:14
Would love to try one of these on my Techie http://cybwiz.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/ortofon-xpression.html

Do they do the finger lift in silver ? :) fickle i know :lol:
WOStantonCS100
30-05-2013, 17:55
Would love to try one of these on my Techie http://cybwiz.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/ortofon-xpression.html

Do they do the finger lift in silver ? :) fickle i know :lol:

You'll just have to get the gold Techy. "Bling!" :D :lol: Actually, that might look cool.