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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

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    That looks very nice Jamie, well done, let us know how it sounds.
    Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.

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    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!

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    Sony TTS-8000 Turntable.
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    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.

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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimbo View Post
    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.
    Agreed. Timbre is excellent too

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    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


    While ago I took photo of my Replicant stylus and it looks like this :

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    Quote Originally Posted by mac72 View Post
    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
    Ortofon states the tracking angle of the Kontrapunkt B as 20 degrees.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bigman80 View Post
    Ortofon states the tracking angle of the Kontrapunkt B as 20 degrees.
    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:

    Rake angle should be setup between tracking surface and rear facet

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    and cross section taken from Fritz Gyger US patent :
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