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    Geoff, if you like Barry's suggestion of the AT shell, if you're interested I could be tempted to part with my (mint and boxed as new) AT-Ti15ANV. which is granddaddy of all AT headshells, made of solid titanium, and very beautifully engineered:

    https://www.audiophile.com/products/...tion-headshell

    It's a truly gorgeous thing, with provision for azimuth and also overhang, as the barrel of the bayonet fitting can be moved back and forth within the headshell itself, as seen on the second pic above [which can be enlarged]. They're as rare as hen's teeth now, due to the limited run.

    Of course, I wouldn't be wanting anything like that price for it!

    I'd do you a good deal. PM me if you're interested

    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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    Quote Originally Posted by vinylspinner View Post
    Hi Geoff,

    Your inbox is full.

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    PM sent, Geoff

    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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    The Orsonic is likely too heavy for the Counterweight of an AT1010. Not sure the variation in arms as I've haven't seen a PM(AT-1010) Designated arm?

    Also, not all versions have the Azimuth although I believe the linked one does have.

    You are likely to find a good match using the Audio Technica Magnesium headshell, with damping strip. It was issued with the arm original I think.

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    All sorted, thanks. I shall report back.
    Main system: Sony TTS8000; AT1010; Audio Technica Art1; The Lentek; Cambridge 851n, Yamaha NS1000.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Because when 'filled', it'll impart the benefits of that rigidity on the partnering cartridge, no?

    Agree that the AT is a nice headshell

    Marco.
    No it won't, because attaching a cartridge to headshell turns it into a completely different structure with its own set of resonances
    Barry

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    Indeed, but surely it's still better to attach it to a more rigid, less resonant one, than the opposite? Otherwise, why would high-quality aftermarket headshells, all addressing the issue of rigidity and resonance, have been invented?

    And if it made no difference, we'd all just be strapping our cartridges to any old shit headshell... No, all I can say, from VAST experience of using numerous such aftermarket headshells, is that they unquestionably effect a *considerable* improvement on the sound of the partnering cartridge - and for many different reasons, if nothing else certainly from the addition of mass.

    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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    Lightweight headshells are used with high compliance cartridges, which because of that do not pass a lot of energy into the cartridge/headshell/arm.

    Low compliance cartridges need to be used with arms of higher effective mass, and most of this mass is provides by a heavy, thick headshell, which will be more rigid and more capable of passing on the excess mechanical energy to be damped in the headshell/arm and mass of the turntable.
    Barry

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    Of course, but that doesn't irrefutably negate the potential sonic benefits of fixing ANY cartridge, low or high compliance, to an intrinsically more rigid and less resonant headshell. I've certainly heard the benefits of such on numerous occasions.

    So why did you buy your vintage Fidelity Research ones - just because you liked the look of them?

    Yes, their high-mass will benefit your low-compliance cartridges, such as the Denon DL-103, but I'd contend also because their construction is more rigid and less resonant than something flimsier, such as for example the stock detachable headshell, on a non-fixed headshell SME 3009.

    The only thing that's fit for is a Shure V-15!

    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Of course, but that doesn't irrefutably negate the potential sonic benefits of fixing ANY cartridge, low or high compliance, to an intrinsically more rigid and less resonant headshell. I've certainly heard the benefits of such on numerous occasions.
    I don't agree - fitting a high compliance cartridge into a rigid but heavy headshell negatively affects the bass response of the cartridge.

    So why did you buy your vintage Fidelity Research ones - just because you liked the look of them?
    No it was to use with low compliance cartridges such as the Denon 103, otherwise I would have to mess about with lead shims/weights. They do look good however.

    Yes, their high-mass will benefit your low-compliance cartridges, such as the Denon DL-103, but I'd contend also because their construction is more rigid and less resonant than something flimsier, such as for example the stock detachable headshell, on a non-fixed headshell SME 3009.

    The only thing that's fit for is a Shure V-15!
    Not true - it is 'fit' for any cartridge with a compliance of 15cu or more, such as: ADCs; AKGs; B&Os; Ortofon SL15s and S15-Ts, and Shure M55Es.
    Barry

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