Decision made then...
Get it back up for sale before you put too many hours on it.
Decision made then...
Get it back up for sale before you put too many hours on it.
Kevin
Too busy enjoying the music....
European loan coordinator for Graham Slee HiFi system components..
Good stuff, mate. I think you've good a very good handle on how the DL-S1 sounds, particularly the bass side of things, as well as acknowledging what its talents are.
Hey, whatever happens now, you've got the satisfaction of knowing you've tried it, and most importantly, compared it with your current benchmark (the KB), and now appreciate what that's good at more than ever.
That always helps to crystallise your thoughts and makes it easier to arrive at the right decisions on how to successfully move forward and achieve the type of sound you want. In that respect, I shall follow your progress with interest!
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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That's what its all about now. Trying a few choice pieces and just testing where the system is at. Obviously, elite cartridges like the Benz Gullwing and Ortofon Vienna are the next step but whos got that money lying about lol. Not me for sure
The Denon is a great cart. No doubt. I will get the Kb fettled I think and see how it does then.
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I'm Mike.
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I'm Mike.
Bakoon 13r Denon DP80 Stax UA-70 Shure Ultra 500 in a Martin Bastin body with jico stylus, project ds2 digital Rullit aero 8 field coils in tqwt speakers
Office system, DIY CSS fullrange speakers with aurum cantus G2 ribbons yulong dac Sony STR6055 receiver Jvc QL-A51 direct drive turntable, Leema sub. JVC Z4S cart is in the house
Garage system another Sony receiver, cassette deck
System components are subject to change without warning and at the discretion of the owner.
I disagree, Paul. First impressions are critical. If you like something, you instantly know it. Anything else is just you (collective) trying to convince yourself you like something.
I've said before, I dont need weeks to know if something is doing what I like. That's the bonus of knowing exactly what I like and want.
The Denon is a very likeable cartridge and like it I do, but I know what direction I am going in and that's to get the Kb to 'Vienna-ish' levels.
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