Sevoman Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 On 07/06/2019 at 7:34 AM, Frank Prowse Hi-Fi said: Ortofon Cadenza Black recently fitted onto a Rega P9:- Hi there Mark (have I got that right?) . Is that a custom made plinth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wen Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 ortofon quintet blue on my modified Rega Planar 2, OEM moth 202 arm, upgraded from an ortofon 2M bronze, sounding sensational 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakey72 Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Wow there are just so many different phono stages. I'm running my RPM5.1 into my Sansui Alpha 907 built in phono. Do you think I would benefit from an external phono stage? I wonder what level/price I'd have to go to to get a noticeable improvement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasebass Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 1 hour ago, blakey72 said: Wow there are just so many different phono stages. I'm running my RPM5.1 into my Sansui Alpha 907 built in phono. Do you think I would benefit from an external phono stage? I wonder what level/price I'd have to go to to get a noticeable improvement? If your running a decent MC ......absolutely... Budget 2K as a start... Have fun.. Tase. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wen Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Hi blakey72, i've mentioned before, the ifi iphono2 at under 1K, hard to beat, i'm using a NAD PP2e, spent more than double that for a MM card for my Exposure, still using the NAD. My brother is bringing his ifi iphono and Rega 3 , Grace 707 arm , Ortofon MC20, over to my place for a shoot out against my RegaPlanar 2, OEM moth 202 arm and Ortofon Quntet blue cartridge, looking forward to this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonS Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 My new cartridge-Phasemation PP2000. Game changer !- I thought my ZYX R100 was good-it is ! This cartridge takes my system to another level 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mloutfie Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 32 minutes ago, SimonS said: My new cartridge-Phasemation PP2000. Game changer !- I thought my ZYX R100 was good-it is ! This cartridge takes my system to another level What's with the square thing above the cartridge? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonS Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 That’s the “head shell” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydrology Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 On 21/06/2019 at 5:14 PM, Sevoman said: Hi there Mark (have I got that right?) . Is that a custom made plinth? No that is the standard plinth supplied at manufacturing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryffles Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 (edited) Set this beauty up yesterday and I'm very pleased with it. Matches well with the NVO SPA II although I have to much gain Edited July 14, 2019 by Gryffles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyr Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 4 hours ago, Gryffles said: Set this beauty up yesterday and I'm very pleased with it. Matches well with the NVO SPA II although I have to much gain Waaay excellent phono stage! I searched - but couldn't find - its MC gain. The Shelter Accord is specced at 0.5mV output ... so "too much gain" must signify the SPA-II has >>60dB gain? Does your User Manual specify the MC gain? Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryffles Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 @andyr the NVO doesn’t have any obvious weaknesses so yeah pretty good! Its 62dB gain for mc plus I have a high gain preamp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyr Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 1 minute ago, Gryffles said: @andyr the NVO doesn’t have any obvious weaknesses so yeah pretty good! Its 62dB gain for mc plus I have a high gain preamp. 62dB is not super high ... so it would seem your preamp is the problem? Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryffles Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 1 minute ago, andyr said: 62dB is not super high ... so it would seem your preamp is the problem? Andy That’s right. I’m changing from valve separates to SS integrated soon so that’ll fix it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
930turbo Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 (edited) On 01/07/2019 at 9:13 AM, SimonS said: My new cartridge-Phasemation PP2000. Game changer !- I thought my ZYX R100 was good-it is ! This cartridge takes my system to another level Hi , Is that the Odyssey RP1XG Tonearm . I still have mine but currently mothballed . thanks in advance , 930 Edited July 18, 2019 by 930turbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonS Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 51 minutes ago, 930turbo said: Hi , Is that the Odyssey RP1XG Tonearm . I still have mine but currently mothballed . thanks in advance , 930 It is indeed the RP1-xg,just recently fitted after a full rebuild cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hergest Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 On 01/07/2019 at 11:13 AM, SimonS said: My new cartridge-Phasemation PP2000. Game changer !- I thought my ZYX R100 was good-it is ! This cartridge takes my system to another level I bought my first PP-1000 about 6 or 7 years ago after running though the Phase Tech catalogue going up in price each time. I'm now on my second which has had a retip so I suppose you could now call it my third. Unless life forces me to change dramatically I have no intention of ever changing as the PP-1000 is a stunning cartridge. I can only imagine how good the 2000 is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonS Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Hergest said: I bought my first PP-1000 about 6 or 7 years ago after running though the Phase Tech catalogue going up in price each time. I'm now on my second which has had a retip so I suppose you could now call it my third. Unless life forces me to change dramatically I have no intention of ever changing as the PP-1000 is a stunning cartridge. I can only imagine how good the 2000 is. My system is a work in progress-sounding good-but a fair bit of money has been spent for small,but worthwhile incremental improvements lately Then this cartridge went on,and I had one of those OMG moments ! A huge hike in sound quality in every way,that I did not see coming End game cartridge for me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sevoman Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 I have recently completed some upgrades to my system. This is the crown jewel. It is from the Japanese company: My Sonic Lab and the cartridge is their Signature Gold, output 0.5 mV. I have it tracking at 1.9 gm. I only have a few hours on it so far. The sound is mesmerising. Detailed, expansive and wonderful at all the frequencies my 64 year old ears can hear. Vocals both male and female bring Leonard Cohen and Diana Krall right into my room, percussion is vibrant and bass controlled and deep. I have waited a long time for this. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydrology Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Ortofon Quintet Black S in the early hours this morning. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwbasement Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 MP500, lovely sound. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hergest Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 6 hours ago, dwbasement said: MP500, lovely sound. I love the colour of the main body of the Nagaoka. I had an MP 300 which looked the same and it looked good enough to eat like it was made out of really rich butterscotch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needlerunner Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Ultratracker cart. Manufactured under licence for MuFi by Audio-technica.Magnificent. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DarkNark Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 (edited) Trying out my first MC cart. Edited August 22, 2019 by DarkNark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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