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I've been curious about one of these cartridges for a long time, loads of folk saying how good they are. Well, I just had a hankering to try one and one came along at a sensible price on eBay last week.
And here it is installed and playing.
A Denon DL-110 high output MC.
Very early days yet - postie delivered it today and it's only been playing a few minutes, but it sounds open and lively and quite bubbly and enthusiastic. Very promising.
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i like mine...in fact i have 2
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Oops - I see I have a bit of boxswap blog catching up to do ....
It's cute.
And it's little.
And it sounds very good.
The new toy is on the right.
After falling madly/deeply out of love with my analog LP system, a mega charity shop LP haul* has reinvigorated my love for the dang things.
* Actually, this was a big donation at the charity shop where I do some volunteer work - it turned out to be dozens, maybe a 100 or so, of minty classical LPs. Yum! I've been selling them off here on AOS (and a bit on the Wigwam) on behalf of the charity (Cancer Research UK), Anyone interested, see my FS threads on AOS music classifieds.
Of course, I get first dibs on any that I fancy buying - which has been quite a lot!
Anyway, where was I? - ah, yes, I'd been using the phonostage in my Marantz vintage receiver, then the one in my Harmon Kardon amp ... but with the arrival of a whole load of new LPs I thought I'd invest in a pukka stand-alone 'stage again. Hence the arrival of the above-pictured Musical Fidelity V90-LPS phonostage.
It got some very enthusiastic user reviews on Amazon, and the MF V-series has a good rep for vfm, and I picked up a discounted new one from a dealer in Germany, via ebay.
Open sounding, with very good 'presence' and palpability, good rez and soundstaging - what's not to like? Good solid bass line, too. I know you can get faster, slammier dynamics from more expensive 'stages, but it's still pretty good and does me fine for my 99% classical listening. A def step up from the 'stages in the vintage amps, although they were good, too.
Very very pleased with it.I think you'd have to spend a lot more to get to the next sq level.
Such is my revived enthusiasm for vinyl, I've also invested in a new turntable for a 2nd system I have in a different location, so I can play records there as well. That hasn't arrived yet, though. It's a bit different, to say the least.I'll post about it once it gets here.
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Some tone-arm porn ...
Audio Technica's top of the line arm, the AT-1010 - silver wired, built for them by Audiocraft.
There's something exquisitely 'oddball hi-tech' about the look of this arm to me.
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That vinyl bug, she never stops biting….
Also, now you know why I love buying vintage classical recordings on vinyl - because the best ones, on the right labels (condition permitting), sound so bloody good, and way better than the majority of what’s produced today!
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Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and 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. 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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Yep, t'is true, Marco - and I just love rummaging through charity shop LP bins!
And the engineering tech is just so appealing, there's a Heath Robinson nuttiness to it with all the bits sticking out here and there!.... here's some more pics of my tonearm .... OK, so I'm obsessed!
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The underslung counterweight balance is a good thing
Which cartridge are you using on it at the moment?
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and 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. 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 takes me back. Use to use one with an Acoustic Research EB101 nearly 30 years ago. VFM high, didn't rip your ears out with piercing HF like an AT-F3 used to.I've been curious about one of these cartridges for a long time, loads of folk saying how good they are. Well, I just had a hankering to try one and one came along at a sensible price on eBay last week.
And here it is installed and playing.
A Denon DL-110 high output MC.
Very early days yet - postie delivered it today and it's only been playing a few minutes, but it sounds open and lively and quite bubbly and enthusiastic. Very promising.
Vinyl? Hm... not listened to ANY since I got my B7. Relatively, it is a bit crap TBH (Marco wind up)
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Vinyl? Hm... not listened to ANY since I got my B7. Relatively, it is a bit crap TBH (Marco wind up)
Ye cant say that . You'll get
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