So, Martin, how's it going with your 103 - is it still hitting the spot? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by horace
Marco.
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So, Martin, how's it going with your 103 - is it still hitting the spot? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by horace
Marco.
Hi MarcoQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
It was - but one of my amps has had a very nasty transformer meltdown, so it may be a little while before I'm spinning vinyl again.
I was just at the stage of realising that I needed to raise the arm height considerably to get the best sound - in fact, rather than parallel to the record, I found the tecnoarm needed to be sloping down towards the headshell to a surprising degree. Otherwise, the bottom of the cartridge was looking frighteningly close to the vinyl....EDIT: and the sound was dead and 'sat on' with little top end and compressed bass.
I'll post again when my system is up and running - probably with different amplification, but we'll see if my amp is fixable.
Cheers
Martin
Well, I'm up and running again with a very nice Bantam T-Amp (loaned to me by that very nice Hamish fellow :)).
First things first. The 103 seems to like my tecnoarm to be higher at the bearing than at the headshell - considerably so, in fact. I've never encountered a cartridge quite as fussy about arm height. With the arm anywhere near level the sound is horribly sat on - compressed bass and flat treble. The close proximity of the cantilever housing to the surface of the record came as a surprise too, though that has been alleviated by raising the arm height
I still think there's more tinkering to do, but it's starting to sound right. Big, bold and vibrant. I'm beginning to see why the 103 is so popular.
:)
Martin
JerryQuote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
Let me know when you get the urge to swap cartridges again.
It would keep it in the county.
Regards
Roger