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Original Message
You are killing me man!
Posted by Quadzilla on November 26, 2009 at 11:34:59:
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.