Shuggie's SL-1210 Blog Revived

Cool. What's the news on the 103SAs, dude?

We need to get moving with the HFW review :)

Marco.

S'ok. Got your email :cool:

Marco.

Dave ' regarding the 309 have you ever tried the 10' version ' you see i used to have the 310 on my Voyd .5 ' and although i never compared it to the 9 ' i was informed by Kevin Scott no less ' that the 10 ' had slightly stronger bass .

This is all very subtle of course ' but i wonder if the 310 would be too long on the 1210 ' i wish i had kept it ' SME arm's are just works of art ' they also sound superb.



Chris

Hi Chris

I haven't tried the 310. The 10" would not fit. But as I have discovered, there is far more to arm and cartridge matching that just a bit of number crunching! My SME V loves the Shelter 501 and hates the Transfiguration Phoenix on the SP-10.

Dave

I've been in Germany for the last day (indeed I still am), and mightily pleased to note that 'things' have been settled.

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Originally Posted by Marco

.....................The likes of a Jelco SA-250T (used by Martin T) or any high quality 'S-shaped' Japanese arm, past or present, pisses all over it in my experience. And the myriad of 'tweaked' versions don't compare to the likes of a Jelco SA-750D or an SME M2 or 309 (sorry Shuggs!) ......................

There; that should get some people going ;)

Marco.

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Well, I have been trying a SA-750D for the last few days, which I got from Dave at a good price, but I think I need some setup tips as so far it is not performing too well on my Technics, in comparison with the AO'd standard arm. I'm sure that it's something that I've done wrong, and maybe Marco can spare me the time to go through it sometime.

Hi Shuggs,

Sorry to hear that, mate. It should sound fantastic. Best phone Dave, as he'll be able to solve the problem, or if you think I can help with anything just ask :)

What cartridge are you using again? Remember that the SA-750D works best with low compliance MCs, such as the DL-103 and SPUs.

Marco.

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The IV is too, although I don't think the V is worth the extra money over the IV

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Completely agree, I used a IV for quite some time and it really is a superb arm. There is a case for good looking engineering sounding good too, and the build quality of these is second to none.

I will say, though, that the Jelco SA-250ST gives the SME IV a good run for its money, especially with moderately high compliance cartridges like the OC9 and 33PTG.

The arm I would like to get my hands on is the Dynavector DV-507. A friend had a 505 mounted on a Micro Seiki three-post direct drive deck and it sounded stunning. I can't see how it would mount on an SL1210 but I'd like to try!

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Originally Posted by Marco

Hi Shuggs,

Sorry to hear that, mate. It should sound fantastic. Best phone Dave, as he'll be able to solve the problem, or if you think I can help with anything just ask :)

What cartridge are you using again? Remember that the SA-750D works best with low compliance MCs, such as the DL-103 and SPUs.

Marco.

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The 2M Black, and an old AT-OC5 which really surprised me by being rather good in the Technics arm. Of these two cartridges, the 2M Black sounds better in the SA-750D than the OC5 - exactly the opposite of the Technics arm.

I'll get there!

Edit: Just noticed that the compliance of the Kontrapunkt B is similar to the SPU, so I shall try that tomorrow.

I had no luck with the SMEIV (silver wired) I was using a ZYX R100H Cart I thought the bass and was ok perhaps it was a cartridge mismatch or TT I was using VPI Hw19 mark 4 with all the trimings at the time Just not enough resolution and as soon as I changed the arm the results were so easy to hear even my none audio friends could hear the difference

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Originally Posted by John

I had no luck with the SMEIV (silver wired) I was using a ZYX R100H Cart I thought the bass and was ok perhaps it was a cartridge mismatch or TT I was using VPI Hw19 mark 4 with all the trimings at the time Just not enough resolution and as soon as I changed the arm the results were so easy to hear even my none audio friends could hear the difference

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Sounds like a system mismatch but who knows? Which arm replaced the IV?

Incidentally, is that Cricklewood as in North London? Used to live there!

Jus.