Very nice looking turntable. I've never heard one myself but it looks smashing. Bet it sounds superb.
Congratualtions!!
Very nice looking turntable. I've never heard one myself but it looks smashing. Bet it sounds superb.
Congratualtions!!
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Adrian , No wonder you can't sleep with a new toy Opps ! sorry TT
Ree this comment " but time had disappeared and Sue was home so it was time stop listening after only 5 tracks." How did Sue respond when the good lady cast eyes on it
Did you get away with it by saying " What that old thing , I dragged it out of the wardrobe , Had it years , Don't you remember it ? "
Looks a lot different to my Pro-Ject 10.1
You enjoy every single minute with the new acquisition
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Hi Nat
Yes the cartridge is rather pricy, I was very fortunate when I purchased something else I negotiated and extremely good deal for cash for it, a main dealer who keeps stock and this was at discounted at old stock prices, even so it was not twice what I had previously paid. Having heard my friends LP-S I new it was very detailed, natural and neutral with good bass grip so it was high on the list.
Cheers
Adrian
Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.
Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner
Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive
Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp
Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones
Cables: Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, various speaker leads, & links
I think I am nearing audio nirvana, but don’t tell anyone.
Thanks Josie, I was aware of them, a friend sent me a link this one which was an ex-demo, hardly used, at a great price. Initially I had no funds so just discounted it then out of the blue a few days later we had an unexpected windfall so it then became feasible. It sounds very good, I think Pro-Ject produced the Signature 12 and 10 to show what they can do and as a flagship statement, from the quality of the TT and Arm I would be surprised if they make a lot of profit on it, I doubt they sell a huge number, but I could be wrong.
From a sound perspective, it is definitely very musical with great depth, and produces lovely 3D imaging with a good recording. The platter/drive is silent so this must help with the darkness and the timing aspect is rock solid, I presume due to the 11kg mass of the platter. So I am very pleased with it indeed.
Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.
Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner
Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive
Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp
Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones
Cables: Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, various speaker leads, & links
I think I am nearing audio nirvana, but don’t tell anyone.
Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.
Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner
Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive
Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp
Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones
Cables: Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, various speaker leads, & links
I think I am nearing audio nirvana, but don’t tell anyone.
Been fiddling this morning, wanted to check I had the arm geometry set up spot on. The arm is adjustable in virtually every direction, so its worth checking. I used some engineering dividers and checked the spindle to pivot distance and this was a couple of mm off, I guessed this was due to the position of the cartridge in the head shell which was slight forward when initially set up.
So I set the arm to the default factory position indicated by two vertical lines which you can line up with the sledge adjustment, I then re-measured and it was spot on at 238mm. Then the tricky bit to get the cart in the right position and get it aligned properly. After several attempts and reseting the azimuth on the head shell a couple of times I got it spot on, and it lines up on the inner and outer hairline points and with the cartridge dead parallel to the alignment tool markings. So a final re-check the VTA which was still good and then reset the tracking weight to 1.9gm, as I had moved the cartridge.
So the moment of truth I put on my recently purchased HiFi News setup record and listened to all the tracks, and every thing passed with flying colours, even the horrendous last track on side 1 it tracked. I found the low frequency resonance test tracks somewhat disturbing, watching the cartridge wobble around erratically, but both results were good with a resonance of around 8-9hz, so reasonably low.
Next was to listen to some music and I put on my usual Ravi Shankar and Eva Cassidy listening tracks, the result is a very slight improvement, imaging and soundstage seems a little more focused, and possibly a bit more 3D, if that makes sense.
So that's it for now sit back and enjoy the tunes.
Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.
Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner
Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive
Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp
Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones
Cables: Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, various speaker leads, & links
I think I am nearing audio nirvana, but don’t tell anyone.