Vocalpoint
11-05-2015, 19:30
Hello,
Long time no post. I recently added an AT150MLX to my stable of carts to use with my Techie 1210 M5G. When I got the cart in - I went to easy route and mounted it on a genuine Audio Technica MG-10 headshell direct from Japan. This headshell takes the hassle out of mounting since the holes are predrilled and you can only mount the cart in four locations. I picked the one closest to the Technics spec of 52MM and have had it like that for a few weeks.
While the cart is far from it's standard break-in period (100 hrs?)- I am now starting to feel like I may have a few mismatches in play here.
First is the MG-10 headshell. Even tho is seems it should be an awesome match for a cart made by the same company - is it really a good choice weight-wise with the 1210M5G? Seems like this heavy headshell (10g at least), coupled with the heaviness (8.3g) of the 150MLx might be making for a bad match overall.
I have a bunch of other options ranging from a Zupreme to Ortofons and of course a series of stock techie shells. Just wondering about the optimum shell to match this cart with this for this arm.
Secondly - I have been reading a lot about the AT150 capacitance loading and how the entire load for this cart "should" be somewhere around 150pf. I managed to glean that between my minimum possible Phonomena II load of a 200pf coupled with my Techie cabling adding another 100pf to the mix - I may just be running this thing wayyyy outside the proper capacitance zone and this may be why I am feeling like this thing is way too bright?
Would appreciate any thoughts from the field on either of these two items - because I feel I should be getting better out of this cart.
Cheers!
VP
Long time no post. I recently added an AT150MLX to my stable of carts to use with my Techie 1210 M5G. When I got the cart in - I went to easy route and mounted it on a genuine Audio Technica MG-10 headshell direct from Japan. This headshell takes the hassle out of mounting since the holes are predrilled and you can only mount the cart in four locations. I picked the one closest to the Technics spec of 52MM and have had it like that for a few weeks.
While the cart is far from it's standard break-in period (100 hrs?)- I am now starting to feel like I may have a few mismatches in play here.
First is the MG-10 headshell. Even tho is seems it should be an awesome match for a cart made by the same company - is it really a good choice weight-wise with the 1210M5G? Seems like this heavy headshell (10g at least), coupled with the heaviness (8.3g) of the 150MLx might be making for a bad match overall.
I have a bunch of other options ranging from a Zupreme to Ortofons and of course a series of stock techie shells. Just wondering about the optimum shell to match this cart with this for this arm.
Secondly - I have been reading a lot about the AT150 capacitance loading and how the entire load for this cart "should" be somewhere around 150pf. I managed to glean that between my minimum possible Phonomena II load of a 200pf coupled with my Techie cabling adding another 100pf to the mix - I may just be running this thing wayyyy outside the proper capacitance zone and this may be why I am feeling like this thing is way too bright?
Would appreciate any thoughts from the field on either of these two items - because I feel I should be getting better out of this cart.
Cheers!
VP