Hi Andy
I'd be interested to hear another view on the Achromat before I decide to buy one.
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Hi Andy
I'd be interested to hear another view on the Achromat before I decide to buy one.
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Originally Posted by Tarzan
Hi JasonQuote:
Originally Posted by bubba45
It was the 310 , though it had an ali arm tube as opposed to the magnesium one in the current version ,the cart was Len Gregory's MusicMaker mk1 .
If you like i can bring along my Achromat when i come up to yours :)
As an aside , i've had to go back to using the AT3482 as the cheap conical stylus in the P22 has vertually given up after about 2 weeks use ' i did buy it 2 years ago , it just can't track anything taxing ! God i need that Jico .
The Jico SAS stylus has arrived:) and was fitted in less than a couple of minutes.
I read somewhere on the VE , it had a berrylium cantilever ? not so ! Its actually pure Boron :youtheman: and on went my old original copy of ' Songs from the Wood ' and Velvet Green , now this is more like it , detail in bucket loads ' superb tracking , excellent bass and a very wide and deep soundstage !
I was hoping for an improvement , this is sounding very promising indeed , it may be only a p-mount cart but so far my impression is it could better than the DL160 .
More later :)
Well i've had a good listen to the Jico stylus in my QL1 last night , and it sounds lovely ' a massive improvement over the cheap conical one i have , but that's not difficult in truth .
It didn't take long to break in , sounding great from the off , LP's used as well as the Tull album , Windham Hill Live , Cream ' best of , the Smiths ' hatful of hollow , XTC English Settlement , Depeche Mode ' speak and spell , Jacintha ' here's to ben , Van der graff generator ' still life , and Buddy Holly ' best of .
What was surprising was the much stronger and more solid bass , up to now i felt that perhaps the QL1 was a little light here and tended to sound a touch too lean , but not with the Jico stylus fitted to the P22 , be interesting to try an Ortofon or Pickering for a comparison .
It just sounds so smooth and has the sweetest top end i could wish for in a moving magnet cartridge , at 1st glance it doesn't look much different to the CS version ! But look closer and you can see its much better quality , service from Jico was excellent with good comms.
The cost was £67 delivered and i would say its worth it , if you have either P22/P23/P24 ,this stylus will fit all and visa versa , so if you have an SL5/6/7/10 or QL1/DL1 and have one of the above P-mounts , i strongly recommend a Jico SAS .
Oh and thanks to this lady for building it ! Well probably:)
Look at the TT , i think its an SL1510 mk2 ,er no make that an SL1500 mk2 its in silver :doh:
http://stylus.export-japan.com/image...s/worker01.jpg
Hi Chris,
Would this be of interest for your SL-Q1:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Technicsl-P205CM...item45f92c8526
Apparently they're one of the best sounding P-mounts ever made :)
I reckon this Pickering would be also be superb: http://cgi.ebay.com/NOS-PICKERING-TL...item256128da28
Marco.
Hi Marco
I see you have been doing your homework ;)
Yes that 205 is the very same cartridge ' Richard brought with him and we had a brief listen on my QL1 , all i could say was ' bloody hell :eek: one of the best MM's i have ever heard , and as you can see from the auction , there will most likely be some frantic bidding :( it may go for as much as £300 ,these things are so rare .
The Pickering is something i have been looking at ! With its stereohedron tip it could an amazing cart ? Its something i want to try though as an alternative to my P22/Jico .
At the moment I'm looking more at my 1210/309 as in a straight A-B with my QL1 ,the result was alarming and a bit of shock , but and as this has been pointed out to me ' my 160 may well be very tired, so as a little experiment and because I'm not quite ready to blow £4-500 on a new cartridge (wifey says so) I'm trying an LPgearAT95HE in the 309 , it looks to be worth a try for not that much money and might be a surprise .
I was looking at the Pickering too. Probably found it about the same time as you posted Marco but haven't got the funds right now as I'm going to get either a DL103r or DL301mk2. Haven't made my mind up which one yet.
I have a Pickering XV15 / 625e which I enjoy very very much even with a bog standard elliptical stylus so I am assuming this would also sound great.
Lovely cart the XV15 and a real keeper though if you keep the brush on it looks as weird as a 30ft purple budgie in a tutu.
Never heard a cart with a stereohedron stylus but have heard that Stanton & Pickering do them. What's supposed to be the sound difference between them, a HE, regular elliptical and a Micro line?
By the way I bought a Technics SL-DL1. DOH!!! Damn and curse this hobby!!!!
Hi JasonQuote:
Originally Posted by bubba45
If you go for the 103R , you might want to look at your phono stage and perhaps seek some advice on here .
I think with the Pickering carts, I'm just going to have to get one and find out for myself , it comes with an adapter so i can use it on both my decks , did you get the DL1 at a good price ! I sense more work for Richard ;)
If you don't want a P-mount Pickering there's always this:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT
I think they're lovely carts.
I've just seen that my DL1 is due for delivery today. It cost £56 + £12 P&P, described as working and comes with an Ortofon OMP cart rather than a Technics. I will no doubt be fiddleing around with that later on.
Also just got a 370H arm set up on one of my 1210's. Sounds bloody marvellous so far.