The Chronicals
15-04-2016, 13:17
Wondering if I can pick some analogue brains on my quandary.
I have an excellent condition Project RPM 6, with Henley bearing kit and I recently installed one of the Project 9cc £500 Tone arms with Cardas tone arm wire, along with a new junction box at time of fitting. These additions really took the 6 to new levels. I also have a brand new Speed Box as well, which saw more notable improvements. In comparison to much of the Project series, I think this is now one of the best.
As with all things Hifi, I fancy a change to my dream deck and have been saving and eating baked beans for a couple of months to to afford a Michell Gyro, but being on the poorer end of the financial scale, I would need to sell the RPM to fund the purchase, and try to achieve as much as I can.
With the Gyros coming without an arm, I have the choice of using the PRoject 9CC arm off the RPM6 with a Linn armboard. Doing this would give me a £500 arm on the Gyro (yet something that I have not yet seen tested or review 9CC/Gyro so it could be pretty bad matching) but then leave me with an RPM without a tone arm to sell.
The unfortunate side to this is I do not have the original RPM tone arm to replace it with. Don't ask - Flatmate in the doghouse for the next century.
Recently a standard RPM6 without any upgrades sold for £420 on ebay.
Do you think there would be much interest at a higher price category for the 6 with my setup using the 9CC. I would hope to achieve around £650 for it in its current guise considering the arm.
Or
Would it be better to keep the arm to use on the Gyro, and sell the RPM armless, which I imagine would fetch around £200 if there is interest?
Would love to hear some experienced thoughts, especially in terms of project arms on the Gyro.
I am looking for a used newish Gyrodec also - just a plug!
I have an excellent condition Project RPM 6, with Henley bearing kit and I recently installed one of the Project 9cc £500 Tone arms with Cardas tone arm wire, along with a new junction box at time of fitting. These additions really took the 6 to new levels. I also have a brand new Speed Box as well, which saw more notable improvements. In comparison to much of the Project series, I think this is now one of the best.
As with all things Hifi, I fancy a change to my dream deck and have been saving and eating baked beans for a couple of months to to afford a Michell Gyro, but being on the poorer end of the financial scale, I would need to sell the RPM to fund the purchase, and try to achieve as much as I can.
With the Gyros coming without an arm, I have the choice of using the PRoject 9CC arm off the RPM6 with a Linn armboard. Doing this would give me a £500 arm on the Gyro (yet something that I have not yet seen tested or review 9CC/Gyro so it could be pretty bad matching) but then leave me with an RPM without a tone arm to sell.
The unfortunate side to this is I do not have the original RPM tone arm to replace it with. Don't ask - Flatmate in the doghouse for the next century.
Recently a standard RPM6 without any upgrades sold for £420 on ebay.
Do you think there would be much interest at a higher price category for the 6 with my setup using the 9CC. I would hope to achieve around £650 for it in its current guise considering the arm.
Or
Would it be better to keep the arm to use on the Gyro, and sell the RPM armless, which I imagine would fetch around £200 if there is interest?
Would love to hear some experienced thoughts, especially in terms of project arms on the Gyro.
I am looking for a used newish Gyrodec also - just a plug!