Quote Originally Posted by The Barbarian View Post
I thought it was at first but dismissed that, drawing a blank just thinking maybe it was a bespoke counterbalance weight.. like you i doubted it would fit the 'Ekos'.. very interesting..

Aye Ron i got out my way to be different anorl..


I was also surprised that the c/wt would fit on the Ekos arm wand but it slips on without too much play allowing movement back and forwards and being low slung it can be moved sideways but the knurled wheel at the top is gently pinched after the arm has been balanced. This is alot easier than Linn's own c/wt. Once the Iso is correctly and vertically secured, grub screw gently nips security of weight, there is no likelyhood of it drifting, unlike say the Jelco's c/wt. The Ekos is the arm I have lived with for along time so I know its strengths and weaknesses well. I like the fact that cartridge tracking weight can be dialled in (always and independently check with a stylus balance gauge) as well as anti skate. All this makes life easy. On my particular specimen both tracking and anti skate are more or less spot on and confirmed by using ones lug holes for the final okay. It was sure luck and not design that this combo worked for me as I was fully expecting it to be a 'don't go there' exprience... just goes to show that sometimes experimenting is a good thing and to go against what is taken in the gospels of HiFi

I don't discuss my system much on here, not because I don't luv ya all brudders and sisters, but I use 30 year old classic Naim gear (there are those out there who go apoplectic at the mere mention of the N brand) which I have slowly tweaked, see oak feet for starters, came about because I got pissed off with the supplied rubber feet going flat and split with age so on a whim replaced with RA oak cones, no more probs with feet and they sounded better too.

I have recently changed caps (to Kendeil) and regulators in my pre-amp psu and the pre-amp itself has new 'made in the USA' boards which I'm breaking in. I'm very enthusiastic about these changes I have made. Also, contrary to Naim's own dictum, I use non-naim interconnects, UK made and not expensive... I'm becoming a rebel, vote for me on 7th May!