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Ammonite Audio
28-09-2018, 15:33
I will soon be offering Ikeda headshells and tonearm cables at Ammonite Audio.

The Ikeda IS-2T headshell is a lovely, sensibly designed thing with adjustable overhang and azimuth, courtesy of a beautifully machined titanium connector barrel. Price for the standard matt silver version is £249 including VAT and UK delivery (black finish costs £275).

http://www.soleberry.net/Headshell.JPG

Ikeda's HBC-MS-5000DR DIN-RCA tonearm cable with straight DIN connector is £795 (also available with right angle connector)

http://www.soleberry.net/Tonearm%20cable-1.JPG

These items will be in stock in roughly 4 weeks.

montesquieu
20-10-2018, 10:19
I wish you'd stop doing this to me Hugo, I'm skint already :( ... that arm cable is the one that came with my Ikeda IT-345 CR1 tonearm and it's an absolute cracker, now that I know it can be bought separately it's going to bug me! Not that the AN-V arm cable I'm using on the second Ikeda arm is too shabby but it would certainly be nice to pick up another Ikeda one.

Also a vote for the Ikeda headshells, for low compliance cartridges I have found them to be the best I've ever come across. I have a chromed one, an black enameled one (which is stunning looking), a brushed silver one, and a black annodised one ... what I like about them is their adjustability and solidity ... they have such a nice precision engineered feel. My previous favourite had been the Fidelity Research S3 headshell (20g) - which is still a great headshell - but I've been phasing that out in favour of the Ikeda ones.

Ammonite Audio
21-10-2018, 10:28
Nice to know that you rate the Ikeda tonearm cable. Hopefully that and the Ikeda headshells will be here before long.