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In Reply to: RE: I can't tell you what works, but ... posted by Quadzilla on November 26, 2009 at 09:36:52
Was it the 103R itself or the 103R combined with the Linn Ittock tonearm that was boring? Did you end up finding a good tonearm for the 103R or did you ditch the 103R for another cartridge? What did you end up with? Thanks.
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A 103R with a Naim ARO, dynamically compressed and sounded just bleh. ( same with the 103 )
It must be due to ARO being too light ( as Ittok ) for the cartridge, perhaps.
LOL ... I just answered your first post, and then you deleted it so my reply was discarded. Anyway ...
I had a Linn Asak installed since I bought the turntable, but I wanted a change. I bought into all of the 103R postings and tried one. It wasn't bad per se, just boring ... no dynamics and absolutely no detail. I know that a lot of guys worship them though, so I put it down to its match-up with the Ittock.
I would never ditch the tonearm (unless I bought a better Linn arm for my LP-12), so I did a trade through the Asylum Classifieds with another Inmate. He loves my old DL-103R (so I am sure it was the tonearm matching), and I am extremely pleased with the Grace F-10L (high-compliance low output MC) that he traded for it.
I had always liked the Grace F-9E MM cartridge (before you could no longer get stylii), so I took a chance on the moving coil. It is wonderful. I am using a Clearaudio Balance (low output MC only) phono stage, connected to a Bryston BP-26 with balanced Cardas Neutral Reference interconnects.
Prehistoric 4-Channel Lizard
...I was trying to be more clear so I revised my post and didn't realize you were replying to it about the same time. ;-)
Thanks for the clarification. I'm always curious and decided to do some searching for Grace cartridges but couldn't find any at the usual popular places like MusicDirect, Acousticsounds, LPGear, Needle Doctor, etc.
I like the 103R but that doesn't mean I won't be trying something else in the future so I'll file Grace away as a possibility.
I think it is about 30 years old, but it is pretty much brand new.
Prehistoric 4-Channel Lizard
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