Sony TTS-8000 Turntable

[Nonnegativ]

new cartridge to try, sounding nice,im not sure of the hours and i can bearly see the tip (story of my life!)

Is it the one which was up for sale in Denmark ?

[Bigman80]

it seems fine mate plus i have the added bonus of doing small tweaks tightening or loosening the screws,a fiddlers delight! lol
im seriously thinking about cancelling the ART-9.
what loading and tracking weight do you use,200 ish ohms seems about right to me,tracking at 2.5g

Phew! I am seriously relieved lol. I hated pointing that site out but they have always been good to me. Glad it's worked out fine.

Loading:

I load mine at 250R as i had the exact value resistors to make it. I have loaded at 200R and 220R but I prefer 250.

Weight:

2.5g is what mines at I think. It was setup by Angus who is my Ortofon guru so maybe he can chime in.

I had the ART7, Vienna and Kb here at the same time over an extended listen and obviously with the Vienna being unobtainable, it being "the best" of the three made no difference. Over a week or so of constant listening, the Kb outdid the ART7 on bottom end detail and soundstage width IMHumbleO but you may have had a different result.

As Mikey said, it's not shy of bass, regardless of accusations of the Ortofon house sound being sterile, that's because it was made before the went detail/lean tone crazy.

Its a great listen and only one cartridge will dislodge mine, IF I can ever get one.

[karma67]

Is it the one which was up for sale in Denmark ?

no this has come from austria,

[karma67]

Phew! I am seriously relieved lol. I hated pointing that site out but they have always been good to me. Glad it's worked out fine.

Loading:

I load mine at 250R as i had the exact value resistors to make it. I have loaded at 200R and 220R but I prefer 250.

Weight:

2.5g is what mines at I think. It was setup by Angus who is my Ortofon guru so maybe he can chime in.

I had the ART7, Vienna and Kb here at the same time over an extended listen and obviously with the Vienna being unobtainable, it being "the best" of the three made no difference. Over a week or so of constant listening, the Kb outdid the ART7 on bottom end detail and soundstage width IMHumbleO but you may have had a different result.

As Mikey said, it's not shy of bass, regardless of accusations of the Ortofon house sound being sterile, that's because it was made before the went detail/lean tone crazy.

Its a great listen and only one cartridge will dislodge mine, IF I can ever get one.

to me at the moment it sounds more real with texture to the sound if you know what i mean,very good in the bass dept too.

[Bigman80]

to me at the moment it sounds more real with texture to the sound if you know what i mean,very good in the bass dept too.

I know exactly what you mean and it's why I've been ultra reluctant to get mine retipped and upgraded by Killian. I want to wear it out first.

[Ian7633]

Reading between the lines it's quite organic then …...

[Bigman80]

Reading between the lines it's quite organic then …...

Its got this uncanny ability to create a very life-like quality to the sound. Shape and dimension to vocals and instruments without discrimination.

I think, if you can find one, they are one of the best cartridges about and I've compared a great many.

If I'd found anything better, that was still available, I'd have bought it.

[phonomac]

Weight:

2.5g is what mines at I think. It was setup by Angus who is my Ortofon guru so maybe he can chime in.

I run the Vienna (and the Kontrapunkt B before that) at 2.6gm. I've always found somewhere in the upper half of the recommended range works best for me.

[Bigman80]

I run the Vienna (and the Kontrapunkt B before that) at 2.6gm. I've always found somewhere in the upper half of the recommended range works best for me.

Ah! There we go!

[karma67]

I run the Vienna (and the Kontrapunkt B before that) at 2.6gm. I've always found somewhere in the upper half of the recommended range works best for me.

Cheers Angus, hope your keeping well