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In Reply to: RE: Help Needed Picking Good Tonearm for Kenwood KD-750. posted by BigErik on April 24, 2016 at 19:22:56:
Like I said, I really love Kenwood tables and I've owned a bunch of them. The KD-770D, KD-750, KD-990 and the L-07D. I still have the KD-990.
There's a lot of info out there on the KD-750. There are UK based sites that really delve into vintage Japanese gear, tables and arms certainly among the discussions. These guys really know their stuff, and they've done some fantastic mods. anyway, it's been made known that Jelco was one of the primary sources for arms found on many Japanese tables during the 70's and early 80's, as was Audiocraft. In Audiocrafts case, they were brought in by Audio Technica to build the AT-1010. Think about that. A manufacturer who had built their fair share of great arms had AC build the best arm they ever marketed. Pretty wild, at least to me.
So, if it's a new arm you're looking for, my advice would be to consider a couple things. First, you want to get into SPU's, which are a lot of fun. But the arm has to be medium to higher mass to optimize the performance of an SPU, otherwise get friendly with resonant frequency issues due to compliance mismatching. And I think with the Grado's you've mentioned, that's a good possibility. If you opt for a medium to lower mass arm to compliment the Grado, then you'll have mismatching with any SPU or heavier cart with low compliance. That's why the arm you've got has its advantages, and believe me, it's a damn good arm.
But I get wanting to try something new. The Jelco 750's are really nice at the price, and I'd imagine an improvement over the Kenny arm. I'd also give consideration to the Ortofon arms, again especially if you want to play with SPU's. I think system synergy is really important and you'd have gobs of it with that combo.
I'd also consider Clear Audio. They make underrated arms, and damn good carts, and the synergy between the two should be assured. Plus, I've never seen anyone retro a CA arm on a vintage Japanese deck like yours, so it would be pretty unique and really pretty to look at as well. There is one consideration with CA arms, and that's the way anti skating is adjusted. If you have to reach the pillar from underneath, that would be impossible with the bottom cover on it.
Speaking of the plinth, you should research what others have done to make the plinth a bit more inert and resistant to acoustic feedback. I used modeling clay at various places, and it made a positive difference.
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- "BTW, how did you know the stock arm is a Jelco?" - Curious 08:29:55 04/25/16 (0)
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