Location: KY - Scotland
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I'm Mike.
Location: KY - Scotland
Posts: 5,495
I'm Mike.
Location: Suffolk
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I'm Charlie.
My 64fx sounds lovely with a 103R, certainly nothing I would describe as glare or brightness. It's not a silver wired model though. I had thought about a rewire but silver does seem to provoke divided opinions, would be interesting to know if yours is definitely a silver wired version.
Location: KY - Scotland
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I'm Mike.
me too, the box definitely states silver but that proves nothing, must be some way of telling on the arm but the sticker that i see on others is missing, hardly surprising given the age.
My ears might be wrong but I once tried a Tisbury silver wired Pre and fingernails on a blackboard screeched less
Your ears aren't wrong. Unless you use the best silver wire, you get that edge and glare. I have tried multiple silver cable and wires and only the really expensive stuff starts to sound as good as the best Copper.
This may be controversial to some but that my opinion and its been formed by trying over 25 sets of cable and wire.
You need the best silver to get the fluidity that even the cheaper copper does well.
Mundorf do a silver/gold blend and its superb BUT it could be described as being a bit lightweight sounding. That said, is was a smooth as butter. Lovely stuff but I missed the weight and felt I'd lost more in Timbre than I'd gained from anything else.
You need OCC Silver and the best stuff is in Japan. Good luck getting a supplier to send it here without a Vat number and minimum order quantity!!!!
Location: KY - Scotland
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I'm Mike.
Location: KY - Scotland
Posts: 5,495
I'm Mike.
Ok so a new cartridge arriving tomorrow, the FR arm will be put back on Friday sometime and we'll see how that goes.
I'll try the new cart in the 774 first mind you, just to get a comparison
Location: KY - Scotland
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I'm Mike.
New cartridge fitted along with a borrowed RCA cable, let the run in begin..... I don't have it setup 100%, that's for tomorrow when my SmarTactor returns