Rick Duplisea at Audio Alternative
That was one of a handful of dealers back when I was selling Linn that the US distributor spoke highly of at that time, late 80’s.
May have been Steve as well but I was thinking of those prior to Steve.Steve Daniels?
@Bob Edwards
A friend has a Goldmund Reference as a spare deck. I’ve not heard it as he always uses the Rockport or Systemdeck.
I can see it as a bit of fun or a stop gap, but not as a proper solution.
Why? Better is better.
I ran LP12s for thirty years. let's say the best combo in it was the Ittok/Troika. It wasn't but for the sake of simplicity. Then I got the RP10. In Hi-Fi terms, even with a cheaper MM cart on it the deck was superior to the Ittok/Troika. Lower noise floor, lower groove noise, more detail, better speed stability, less distortion. So in what way is this not a proper solution?
If you put a good MC cartridge in a Linn Basik arm is that a proper solution? If not, why not?
Tony Gregory, as I recall.May have been Steve as well but I was thinking of those prior to Steve.
But it's not better than a better cart in the same arm. It's a cheap stop gap, good at what it does and at its price point, nothing more.
Totally agree, great post. Warning, been on the strong cider for a couple of hours now so everything is awesome!!!Agreed. I have a ML arriving tomorrow; I'll move the E to the Revolver. And then I'll start torturing myself with how far up to go: an OC9X? ART9X? Dyna 20x2? Etc. Way back when I had a Lyra Helikon in an Aro which worked well but didn't demand my attention the way other arm/carts have. From what I'm hearing now I suspect it'll come down to the ART9 or the Dyna, or perhaps the Hana ML if Rick Duplisea at Audio Alternative recommends it (I worked for him years ago and he is the very best LP12 person I know - when I did Linn LP12 training in Eaglesham Martin McCue and others knew his LP12 work, and he still has people ship him LP12s from across the world to work on).
Slightly off topic, but I think different TT types (and other hifi components, for that matter) simply resonate differently with different people. I'm apparently a dyed-in-the-wool Linnie. Still have the Rega P6/Ania (awaiting payment for it), and I can hear what people love about Rega from it, but it doesn't demand that I sit down and play record after record the way it does for others. I've tried other tables as well, like a VPI and a Well-Tempered and a Roksan Xerxes X and started with an Oracle Alexandria, but none of them have produced the engagement and emotional effect that an LP12 has. And I know that's true for others with different tables. Hence, I have a rather "live and let live" attitude about such things. Someone prefers a Verdier? OK, good for them. A friend has a huge VPI - he loves it, I think it one of the most boring TTs I've ever heard. I've said before the one table that absolutely gobsmacked me was the Goldmund Reference - but I have zero idea how it would sound today - or if any working ones even exist (to say they were fiddly would be a great example of litotes).
Sometimes I also think that fun is hugely under-rated in hifi - people get WAY too serious and spun up over it. Relax. Play a record. Play a CD. Play something via streaming. Enjoy.
Totally agree, great post. Warning, been on the strong cider for a couple of hours now so everything is awesome!!!
Just going back to Grado cartridges, someone I know has recently purchased a Grado Prestige Green and gave it very good reports..
Isn’t the green just a Black with improved measurements?
hahaha...I love this post. So being better isn't better. Oh HiFi and i used to love this hobby hahaha.Isn’t the green just a Black with improved measurements?
Just going back to Grado cartridges, someone I know has recently purchased a Grado Prestige Green and gave it very good reports, and also it is very easy to replace the stylus so ordered a 8MZ stylus which really upped it's performance:
Yes, with the unfortunate side affect of the effective mass being much higher here on earth.Makes sense - the Prestige range are fundamentally good designs let down by Grado using moon rock for the stylus tip.