"It's the only way we could get the separation we needed," said
John DeVore. "Those things," he pointed at Tone Imports' EMT TSD
cartridge ($2200), the Tone EMT 997 "Banana" tonearm ($4495) and the
monophonic Sentech EQ10 phono curve equalizers ($3000/each), "throw
such a huge soundstage, we just couldn't do it with the Silverbacks
closer together.
The EMT 997 now comes with SME or Ortofon A mounts.
Old-school analog lovers have long been hipped to the pleasures of "long-throw" tonearms—the EMT 997 made a believer out of me.
But well designed unipivots aren't supposed to chatter.
"No, they are not supposed to."
A rigid VTA tower allows repeatable VTA and azimuth adjustments.
The tonearm fits on 9" configurations, said Kuzma, but "is effectively
11"."
"And it is biwired," said Kuzma.
???
It has eight special silver-alloy wires coming out of the
cartridge. Four of them are continuous to the phono preamp, where they
are terminated with Eichmann Bullet connectors, but the other four
terminate in a breakout box with Cardas female RCAs, so you can use two
different phono sections."
Here's the kicker: I was hipped to the Kuzma tonearm by digital
designer Kevin Halverson. "It's the slickest piece of mechanical
engineering, I've seen in a long time," Halverson said.
"Yeah," said the McIntosh rep. "Mostly about how ugly it looks. I think
it looks a lot better in person." Me, too—plus, they were playing a
huge stack of new Warner Music Group LPs. What's cooler than new vinyl?
Big Mac is touting the MT10 as plug-'n'-play: Tracking force,
antiskating, and cartridge "position" are preset at the factory. The
tonearm has two horizontal sapphire bearings and two vertical ceramic
bearings for "the possible friction." The ebony-bodied cartridge has an
elliptical stylus and puts out 0.5mV.
"Did the speed meter say 78RPM in Denver?"
"Yep."
"I missed that detail."
"Yes, you did."
They say the real test of someone's beauty is if spending time
with them is worth your while. The MT10 is growing on me—checking it
out just might be time well spent.
Kristian skrev:Mon ikke den her vil stå i min stue en dag...
Havde for mange år siden en orginal Xerxes med Artemis arm og Artaxerxes riaa. Den orginal Xerxes var meget dårligt bygget men den kunne lyde meget meget imponerende når den var rigtig justeret. Savner dens hurtig og klarhed gang imellem. Sådan TMS2 sammen med en Naim Aro kunne være et klasse setup, særlig med klassiken.
Den nye Xerxes ser også flot ud.
http://puresound.info/id1.html
"The P10 phono amplifier is the latest addition to the highly acclaimed
Pure Sound product range. It is intended to meet the requirements of audio enthusiasts who still enjoy the distinctive
strengths and high quality of reproduction that can be derived from vinyl records. It
is compatible with moving magnet and high output moving coil cartridges. Low
output moving coil cartridges will require the use of an additional
step-up device or matching transformer. Full output from the P10 is sufficient to drive the line level inputs of any integrated amplifier or pre-amplifier"
Raskolnikov skrev:Dette er virkeligt et tilfælde hvor teknikken er vigtigere end musiken!!
Det gad jeg dælme ikke, lige meget hvor god lyd der kommer ud...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZM8iNTZruY&feature=related
Sådan en Michel Gyro måtte derimod godt snore hjemme hos mig
Det er sgu smukt!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj80jep42oI&feature=related
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