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Time moves on and I get bored.
After nearly 2 weeks I put the PL-71 arm back on again.
This arm definitely has it in terms of musicality. It will be on for quite a while now I think.
Fun thing is with all the TT stuff. My nearly 16yr old daughter wants one.
Well I have a Rega P3 / RB250 OL modded arm / AT MM cart all ready to go for her!
Hi Steve,
Nice to hear from you again :)
Now that is interesting, given all the 'hoo-hah' surrounding the Terminator. I still rate it as an excellent (although fugly, to my eyes) tonearm.
However, synergy wins the day again... The PL-71 and its stock arm were quite simply designed to be used together to form a 'musical whole'. With a turntable, just the same as anything else in hi-fi, it's the sum of the parts not the talents or otherwise of individual components that counts.
Incidentally, have you been following my Tannoy thread? Tomorrow I'll be posting the final thoughts on my journey and comparing Reds to Golds with stock and modified crossovers, which you may find interesting :cool:
Marco.
The Terminator is reviewed in this months Hi Fi World.
Dave
Nooooo, it's not ugly! It's fantastic, in a this-is-what-it-would-look-like-if-Brunel-made-a-tonearm kind of way. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
LOL, Steve! I guess, as they they, beauty is in the eye of the beholder ;)
This is my kind of 'sexy' tonearm (and deck!):
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/6524/48283304.png
:exactly:
I hope to have one very like it soon.
Marco.
Hi Marco
You know you always were going to have an SP10 ' just look at it a piece of engineering art ' i am sure this would be the turntable ' Brunel ' may have wanted but i still find it a tricky choice between the SP10 mk2 and the LO7D ' then there is the P3 exclusive .
I have always felt that the SP10 sounds its best with the matching Technics EPA-500 tonearm. I am not sure why most SP10 owners don't seem to have the EPA-500 fitted. If it is due to not being able to get hold of a EPA-500, just send me a PM. I got a few;). And eBay prices are astronomical.
Stan
Oooh! A hammerite finished headshell! Very tasteful:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
LOL - Indeed :eyebrows:
The Lumière cartridge fitted to it is 'not bad', though!
Have a look here:
http://twogoodears.blogspot.com/2008...inaire-or.html
Indeed. It is a rather special cartridge - and fitted to an equally rather special T/T and arm :)Quote:
... but the above are only phisical trivia: what a cartridge like Lumiere DST gives to music is a sort of miracle!
Like an handmade instrument, it nears the listener to the music, letting music to flow in a freer than air way seldom experienced.
... and this makes me wonder: will a Lumiere be my very last cartridge? Who knows?!?
... but I got some spares, just in case... really, can't imagine myself without this relaxed, musical, transparent, soul-infused Sound.
Marco.
EPA-500? An EPA-150 would be nice for me, complete with mounting plate ;)