Montesquieu's setup
Time I blogged about my setup .. of course doing this back to front, after having had literally hundreds of bits of gear through, I'm posting this up now I'm essentially finished.
New plinth just arrived from Russ Collinson. Sapele and oak, intended to echo the sapele wood and oatmeal cloth on the RFC Canterburys.
Enjoying the SME M2-12R I got from Petrat. Quite dramatically different presentation to the Ikeda IT345-CR1 (no I don't know what he's getting at with the scrabble-bag name either). Currently have the Royal N on a 20g FR headshell on the SME, and the Miyajima Kansui on the Ikeda. Will swap the cartridges over at some point and explore what's going on.
Russ organised a lid for me as the wife has been threatining to get a cat! This was the impetus to change what was an ordinary-looking but very good sounding plinth - though for all it's drilled and filled with lead shot, I think the new plinth must be twice the weight! I think I'll want a cover for the Radford too for when it's not in use.
Sorry for the crap pics I'll try to do better in the daylight, it was getting dull by the time the lid pic was taken and it looks a bit washed out by the time I upped the exposure..
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