sideshowbob
Champagne fascia aficionado
It's a few years since I owned a Gyro, but I had very good results with a Hadcock 242, and with a Tecnoarm.
I used a rewired RB300 which was good for the money, then a Michell Technoarm which was better, then an SME IV which was excellent on the Gyro.
Yes the 9” version. I think I should have listened to that saying “don’t meet your heroes” been disappointed with SME V, Quad 34 and Naim 500, suspect expectations were maybe too high on my part. I’m very pleased with the PU7/XX2 combination, seems ito work well together on the type of records I play - rock/pop/synth generally.I had a Five on my Orbe for 14 years, so found it interesting that you preferred the (presumably 9") PU7. I changed decks and got a 12" PU7, which I find to be an excellent one for s.q. and ergonomics. I can well imagine the virtues of the PU7 on a Gyro as opposed to the SME.
O.P., if you have a predilection for unipivots, the N.A. range are good, and Jonnie at Audio Origami has a new unipivot out. Worth investigating.
Many years ago, around 1995.. I called Mitchell to ask what they thought of the idea of pairing a Gyro with my Linn Ittok LVIII Mk2.
putting different arms on the Orbe (and I guess the Gyro was the same) was not a matter of synergy but one of balance; getting those springs right was a bit of a pain.
Definitely easier with the modified towers (no springs) which is what the OP has done.I think the suspension towers were modified at some pont, making it a bit easier. Once I figured out how to do it.. I found it pretty easy on my Orbe. I put up a detailed description of how I built up my Orbe from a pile of bits.. somewhere on here....
You don't. No matter how well you get it set up, you're always wonder if it could be better! With the Pylons that's gone! Oh and it sounds awesome then tooSo how do you know when you've got it right ?