Bob Edwards
pfm Member
All -
Rather like @Mr Pig , I've decided to rejoin the ranks of LP12 owners.
And wow, what an adventure! I bought one that had a Kore and Mober DC supply; but could not get it to run at 33 1/3 - it would run from 32.5 to 35+ RPM, and no amount of troubleshooting would correct it (despite great support from Edmund). So it is going back.
In its place is coming a circa 1997 LP12 with Valhalla, Ekos, and a Grado Sonata cartridge. It's obviously got the Cirkus, as it would have come from the factory with it. And it got new springs, grommets, belt, lock nuts, etc., in 2018, so they should have some life left.
My plan is to play it to make sure it works, and then to send the Ekos to Linn for servicing - the tracking force dial grease dried up, rendering the VTF dial inoperative. And I understand they'll redo the bearings with Ekos 2 bearings, so it should be close to new. I have a Mose/Hercules2 that I'll swap out for the Valhalla (another long story, that!). And then once that's done, I'll probably do a Karousel. And stop.
One question - has anyone run a Grado Sonata successfully in an Ekos? I have a Gold2 on the Revolver I started my TT adventures with, and it's just too warm and fuzzy on the Revolver - although to be fair, I think that's exactly what most Grados lean to sound-wise.
And if not, what's a reasonable place to start cartridge-wise? An AT OC9ML? Hana ML? AT VM540 or similar?
Rather like @Mr Pig , I've decided to rejoin the ranks of LP12 owners.
And wow, what an adventure! I bought one that had a Kore and Mober DC supply; but could not get it to run at 33 1/3 - it would run from 32.5 to 35+ RPM, and no amount of troubleshooting would correct it (despite great support from Edmund). So it is going back.
In its place is coming a circa 1997 LP12 with Valhalla, Ekos, and a Grado Sonata cartridge. It's obviously got the Cirkus, as it would have come from the factory with it. And it got new springs, grommets, belt, lock nuts, etc., in 2018, so they should have some life left.
My plan is to play it to make sure it works, and then to send the Ekos to Linn for servicing - the tracking force dial grease dried up, rendering the VTF dial inoperative. And I understand they'll redo the bearings with Ekos 2 bearings, so it should be close to new. I have a Mose/Hercules2 that I'll swap out for the Valhalla (another long story, that!). And then once that's done, I'll probably do a Karousel. And stop.
One question - has anyone run a Grado Sonata successfully in an Ekos? I have a Gold2 on the Revolver I started my TT adventures with, and it's just too warm and fuzzy on the Revolver - although to be fair, I think that's exactly what most Grados lean to sound-wise.
And if not, what's a reasonable place to start cartridge-wise? An AT OC9ML? Hana ML? AT VM540 or similar?