For those of you that haven’t got one yet :-)
Sony TTS 8000 Direct Drive Turntable https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F183789700007
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For those of you that haven’t got one yet :-)
Sony TTS 8000 Direct Drive Turntable https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F183789700007
That looks very nice Jamie, well done, let us know how it sounds.
update,
a few more good listening sessions with the KB and oh joy!
ive spent a few hours dialling in the azimuth and sra angle,the KB is very easy to get azimuth spot on due to the 3 raised lines on top of the cartridge,to adjust you just tighten or loosen one cartridge bolt and it tilts.
the sra angle is a lot more harder to dial in,the KB uses a Fritz Geiger 80 stylus profile and imo has it a very narrow sweet spot but strangely still sounds good outside of this.
it took me 2 hours to get it sounding right to my ears and also on a selection of lp's i know well, using some piano only tracks getting it right brought out the lovely harmonics and decay to the strings,i think im there but will give it a few more days listening and some small vtf tweaks to see if i can squeeze some more detail out of her.
i thought id miss the audio technica art-7 but frankly im not,the KB has better bass and is more accurate sounding especially acoustic guitar tracks,it has a warmer over all tone than the art-7 which can be a little too clinical.
so for now im happy....oh and better bolts fitted just for oli! :)
up close and personal!
https://i.postimg.cc/tRt4mtyB/Sun-May-05-15-53-27.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/YC3pdpHj/IMG-3287.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/CLpSYZMz/IMG-3288.jpg
Pretty much the same conclusion I came to when I had them both available.
The ART7 was a super cartridge bit once you get that kB dialed in, it's almost unstoppable.
A true audiophile cartridge. Well done for taking the plunge mate.
Yes a great cartridge, I did not find it particularly difficult to dial in compared to the 2M black. Nice full, smooth analogue sound with plenty of detail and bass weight I thought.
I always thought Fritz Gyger looks like the one on the top right on attached photo and SRA is the angle between tracked surface and the rear facet
https://i.imgur.com/j8vOH1C.jpg
While ago I took photo of my Replicant stylus and it looks like this :
https://i.imgur.com/e9qIxZB.jpg
VTA is a vertical tracking angle , I'm talking about SRA -stylus rake angle , here is a picture how to set up Replicant stylus taken from Ortofon website:
https://i.imgur.com/1AzZwpx.jpg
Rake angle should be setup between tracking surface and rear facet
and cross section taken from Fritz Gyger US patent :
https://i.imgur.com/2X48bk6.png