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Assistance Needed In Identifying An Ikeda Cartridge?

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Posted on December 27, 2019 at 21:50:45
Mister Pig
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Trying to figure out which cartridge I got here, came to me on a Well Tempered Reference turntable..

Its an Ikeda with a cantileverless design like a London Decca, so one of the earlier generation cartridges I believe. It is that gold color that the 9TT is, however where the 9TT logo is there is just a kanji character. On the bottom side it there is only Ikeda 9 written.

Vinyl engine does not have a match, and I am unsure if this is the 9T.

Anyone got an idea which one this could be? Like I said looks exactly like a 9TT in color, but different logo and no cantilever.

There is one site where I did find the cart, but there is no significant info there.

http://www.onomichi.ne.jp/ishii/ar3a/index10.html

 

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That rides pretty low to the record.., posted on December 27, 2019 at 23:34:40
Cougar
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 Or is that just the angle of the pic?

 

RE: That rides pretty low to the record.., posted on December 28, 2019 at 02:45:50
PAR
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As the OP said:

"Its an Ikeda with a cantileverless design like a London Decca"

Thus:

"That rides pretty low to the record.."
"We need less, but better" - Dieter Rams

 

RE: That rides pretty low to the record.., posted on December 28, 2019 at 08:50:20
Cougar
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 I'm not familiar with either so referencing the London doesn't do anything for me.

I would wonder on the beginning of a less perfectly flat LP would that cartridge rub on the outer edge? My Shelter 901 rode low and at times came close to rubbing on the outer edge on some lps.

 

RE: That rides pretty low to the record.., posted on December 28, 2019 at 09:29:18
PAR
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 I ran a Decca Blue for some years a long time ago and I have a friend who has two Londons. I don't recall having any notable problems with warped discs neither has my friend ever mentioned it. But it is certainly a possibility and so I would recommend using this type of cartridge with a ( non-magnetic) record clamp or, better still one of these as linked.
"We need less, but better" - Dieter Rams

 

The Orb is nice!, posted on December 28, 2019 at 09:40:51
Cougar
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 I have the Vinyl Flat that works pretty well once you learn the time durations that work best.

I have two Record clamps and both help to reduce this issue, but putting my LP's tightly together vertically has help a lot as well.

Thanks for the info!

 

RE: Ikeda Kwame? N/T, posted on December 28, 2019 at 10:06:09
Tedmc
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 n/t

 

RE: Assistance Needed In Identifying An Ikeda Cartridge?, posted on December 28, 2019 at 23:10:01
Mister Pig
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 So I just hooked this up to prove things are working.

This table and cartridge are glorious!

Some of the best analog I have ever heard. I hooked it up to the Miyajima SUT and the Graham Slee phono stage. I had to use a pair of IXOS interconnects scavenged from my audio box between the SUT and the phono stage, and a pair of unshielded VH Audio interconnects between the table and SUT. Not a spec of noise.

Once the cartridge hit the record it was utter magic. This table and cart are not going ANYWHERE.

This is just lovely.

Cheers
Mister Pig

 

RE: Assistance Needed In Identifying An Ikeda Cartridge?, posted on December 31, 2019 at 13:01:26
Lew
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 For what it's worth, and as I mentioned on your other thread, my son translated the kanji from a less good photo and thought it conveys the sound "tsuji", which he thinks might be a family name. Perhaps that's how we get the "T" stamped on other similar ikeda cartridges.. But he qualified his interpretation by saying that the kanji is not perfectly written. Therefore he was not willing to swear to it's pronunciation or meaning.

 

Assistance Needed In Identifying An Ikeda Cartridge?, posted on December 31, 2019 at 14:28:42
Steelhead
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 Nice to hear that it rocks

I still retain two classic Fidelity Research cartridges thanks to Soundsmith.

Floored way back by FR and glad the family tradition continues.

Happy Spinning!

 

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