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re: Audiophile/Vinyl Thread - Post Pics, Advice, Questions, Setups, etc.
Posted on 6/16/22 at 8:44 pm to Marco Esquandolas
Posted on 6/16/22 at 8:44 pm to Marco Esquandolas
Awesome man! Glad to hear things are moving in a positive direction!
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Posted on 6/17/22 at 2:28 pm to HebertFest08
Follow up on my vent a few weeks back about the SoundSmith cartridge. There's good news and... odd news.
Good news is I called yesterday and ended up speaking to Peter Ledermann. He checked it out for me and found no issues - zero problem with the cart. Sent me a photo then did some further testing with it mounted to confirm, then boxed it up to return at no charge. So that's the good news.
The odd news part is we got into a discussion about how this erroneous claim was made in the first place. When I told him the local shop and the name of the person who briefly examined it and told me repair was required, there was an "aaaah" and a bit of history was related. Turns out this guy (who is now retired) apparently had a long standing grudge with SoundSmith. He may have also had it out for me as I stated up front the cart was bought elsewhere (at significant discount). I'll likely never know for sure if the mistake was intentional or not. Pretty annoying at best.
Good news is I called yesterday and ended up speaking to Peter Ledermann. He checked it out for me and found no issues - zero problem with the cart. Sent me a photo then did some further testing with it mounted to confirm, then boxed it up to return at no charge. So that's the good news.
The odd news part is we got into a discussion about how this erroneous claim was made in the first place. When I told him the local shop and the name of the person who briefly examined it and told me repair was required, there was an "aaaah" and a bit of history was related. Turns out this guy (who is now retired) apparently had a long standing grudge with SoundSmith. He may have also had it out for me as I stated up front the cart was bought elsewhere (at significant discount). I'll likely never know for sure if the mistake was intentional or not. Pretty annoying at best.
Posted on 6/17/22 at 5:10 pm to river_man
This is my first MoFi One step and the guitar sounds amazing. Getting good sound out of an acoustic guitar is so incredibly hard to do, especially live, and I imagine much of the work was done the night of the show, nonetheless, sounds great.
Posted on 6/17/22 at 7:54 pm to BigOrangeBri
I spy a Stealie next to the ‘table…Europe ‘72 on deck this evening?
Posted on 6/17/22 at 8:50 pm to pheroy
Pheroy—sounds like you will be back in business in short order…good to hear!
Although I’ve never used a moving iron, I do understand their design and operation. Peter Ledermann has rebuilt just about every known brand and type of cartridge on the planet—he ranks up there with the Japanese master builders.
I had a Bang & Olufsen MMC4 cartridge rebuilt by him around 2008 or so (Beogram 1700 table). I’m sure you are aware that a B&O tonearm will only accept a proprietary B&O cartridge, and there aren’t boxes of NOS carts sitting on a shelf at the local Wal-Mart—so rebuild is the only option. My old, beat up B&O MMC4 cart looked like a new cart when it came back to me…pristine work by Soundsmith!
The spec/measurements on your new cartridge look really good—great channel separation, and high output (2.12 mV). It also has a recommended loading of >47k ohms—also known as “wide open”.
Years ago, I used a Lyra Helikon and ran it at >47k ohms load, and got the tightest, snappiest bass I had ever heard from a record.
Did you get the medium or high compliance version?
Although I’ve never used a moving iron, I do understand their design and operation. Peter Ledermann has rebuilt just about every known brand and type of cartridge on the planet—he ranks up there with the Japanese master builders.
I had a Bang & Olufsen MMC4 cartridge rebuilt by him around 2008 or so (Beogram 1700 table). I’m sure you are aware that a B&O tonearm will only accept a proprietary B&O cartridge, and there aren’t boxes of NOS carts sitting on a shelf at the local Wal-Mart—so rebuild is the only option. My old, beat up B&O MMC4 cart looked like a new cart when it came back to me…pristine work by Soundsmith!
The spec/measurements on your new cartridge look really good—great channel separation, and high output (2.12 mV). It also has a recommended loading of >47k ohms—also known as “wide open”.
Years ago, I used a Lyra Helikon and ran it at >47k ohms load, and got the tightest, snappiest bass I had ever heard from a record.
Did you get the medium or high compliance version?
Posted on 6/17/22 at 9:40 pm to Marco Esquandolas
Marco - looks like the high compliance version is a special order, which I definitely did not do, so I assume it's the medium. I am definitely looking forward to finally getting going with the Aida. I bought it based on Fremer's rave review of the Mk 1 version plus some feedback from VPI owners and others. The high channel separation definitely attracted me because I value imaging & soundstaging very highly. It's going to run through a PS Audio Stellar phono pre which I snagged on sale last fall as the final piece for this analog chain. It's pretty flexible with a range of gain settings for MM/MC plus various loadings for MC if I ever go that way.
I'm only marginally aware of the B&O tables/carts, enough to go "oh yeah" when you mentioned that. I do know Peter is one of the few folks who rebuilds them and the audio world better take advantage of that while it can. He's no spring chicken and nearly left us twice from covid.
I'm only marginally aware of the B&O tables/carts, enough to go "oh yeah" when you mentioned that. I do know Peter is one of the few folks who rebuilds them and the audio world better take advantage of that while it can. He's no spring chicken and nearly left us twice from covid.
Posted on 6/19/22 at 10:57 pm to Marco Esquandolas
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spy a Stealie next to the ‘table…Europe ‘72 on deck this evening?
Haha, kinda,I do have the Live at Wembley Empire Pool box that I still haven’t thrown on the turntable. Gotta get on that.
Posted on 6/22/22 at 7:52 pm to BigOrangeBri
2022 Analogue Productions
Posted on 7/18/22 at 6:13 pm to river_man
1982- A&M Records
Posted on 7/31/22 at 2:22 pm to BigOrangeBri
Loving the VPI & Soundsmith. Picked this up last night at their show, great music & sound.
Posted on 7/31/22 at 4:49 pm to pheroy
I love my VPI as well...fun tables.
Posted on 8/8/22 at 12:46 am to NewIberiaHaircut
Pass.
I’m currently getting shellacked at a every turn building a new house!
I’m currently getting shellacked at a every turn building a new house!
Posted on 8/8/22 at 11:17 am to Marco Esquandolas
How is it going resolving the claim for your system and collection>
Posted on 8/10/22 at 11:37 pm to NewIberiaHaircut
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Who’s going to jump on this Vinyl opportunity?
Holy shite. That is some serious music collection. And the Infinity IRSs... would love to hear those.
This post was edited on 8/10/22 at 11:38 pm
Posted on 8/10/22 at 11:39 pm to pheroy
Samantha Fish - Kill Or Be Kind. I streamed this when it came out and it didn't grab me. The vinyl for whatever reason changed my mind - great record.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 5:26 pm to pheroy
It took for fricking ever, but finally got it and it was worth the wait.
Posted on 9/15/22 at 11:09 am to BigOrangeBri
That’s a goodun, bet it sounds great on there
Posted on 9/23/22 at 4:44 pm to JumpingTheShark
Reissue of Dirt just arrived:
This post was edited on 9/23/22 at 4:50 pm
Posted on 9/24/22 at 12:14 am to pheroy
Killer record.
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