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In Reply to: RE: it looks liek 2 layers posted by Penguin on April 29, 2016 at 20:28:22
I bought that turntable new in and around 1980. It replaced my Pioneer pl512. At the,time it was a big improvement. I ran it with a Technicraft cartridge and,then an AKG. I really enjoyed it. It is well made, however the weakness is in its arm. It is virtually immune to feedback. Rock solid base.
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1980, eh? I have to apply my motto; "It's never too late for a happy childhood!" I think my days of dealing with component tonearms are behind me. I've only had massive arms with widely-spaced gimbal bearings in the past, those best suited for mounting solidly on the deck of a big DD table and handling low-compliance low-output MC's.
I think the Sony arm is pretty good, actually, but only for super-high compliance cartridges. It likes the ADC XLM-II I have now and the XLM likes it too- good match. It is in the same effective-mass class as the Infinity Black Widow or Grace G707, just not as beautifully made; overall it's construction seems decent though. It is very similar to the arms on the upper-line Sony biotracer TT's of that era, just straight and very lightweight. It was a slight craze in the early 80's...
The A-T Technicraft carts were similar to the A-T 12 line of the day IIRC, medium compliance say 15-20CU - probably at the upper bound of those very light arms to handle. I'm not too familiar with the AKG's, probably around the same compliance range tho'. Some arms and some carts are kinda finicky about the tuning arising from cart compliance/effective mass, some less so. I've found mismatches in this department can show up problems in the system, especially if your system has extended bass capability.
This is new turf for me, but it's working pretty well, so far.
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
quote by Kurt Vonnegut
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