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As Carel knows, that's my favourite instrument.
That one seems to be still for sale - only 69 cents. Do you find lots of interesting vinyl and fishing tackle on US Amazon?
Well, you got a nibble off me before I remembered ......Heavenly 'arps.Why you gotta do me like that. :-(
Think I might have the second one down.Don't have these but I'm so so tempted. I think I can see why some pay very good money to own such wonderful records
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Correct. I got my MCs and MMs mixed. Now the Denon PMA-707 spec makes sense.Alan, if I may -
The Elys 2 isn't a moving coil design, it's a moving magnet cartridge, and your Rega Fono pre-amp* can only take moving magnet carts, so I think you're switching MC and MM around. So, this means that you can't go for Moving Coil design, unless it's a High Output MC, like the Denon DL-110, but there are other options if you want to go down this route.
*your Denon amp doesn't come into equation since you have a pre-amp. In fact, 99% of amps can only take MM so that's why people go for a phono pre-amp that accepts both MC and MM.
As for the Elys, and whether you should rebuilt it, that's entirely up to you. If you're happy with the sound then yes why not, in fact I would say that you don't need to go for the Rega Exact. But do check how much time you're going to spend without your cart. This is the main reason I prefer carts w/replaceable stylii, because after all the price of a new stylus is very close to the cost of a new cart.
I'll get back to you after I check out your deck's tonearm height and suitable cartridges (to avoid messing around with spacers).
Correct. I got my MCs and MMs mixed. Now the Denon PMA-707 spec makes sense.
Since I'm flush enough, I'll consider getting the Elys rebuilt. If I upgrade, it would serve as a backup and it will also give me a steer/baseline as to how my system might perform as I vary other elements.
Edit: That now looks like a waste of money, as all the comments I have seen suggest that the Exact and the Ortofons, from Blue to Black, are much better, including on issues like surface noise - which affects a fair bit of my collection. Others suggest that the Exact is less forgiving than some on surface noise but all agree it's a major weakness on the Elys 2.
Looking forward to your steer on MM carts (if any) that might fit the very low tonearm height.
Thanks.
Thanks again. I'll read up more on the Exact and see what folk say about the alternatives before I seek out a chance to listen to some options.Truth be told, I'm not a big fan of the Elys but only because I don't like the way it sounds (IMO it is a bit dull), and overpriced. Nothing to do with surface noise or what many consider it's major drawback - Inner Groove Distortion. But then again, I take what a lot of others say with a pinch of salt. Case in point, I've read many times on how much one of my carts (Ortofon Super OM10) exhibits IGD, and yet I have never heard any IGD with mine. Thing is that the tonearm is as important as the cart and cart alignment so no one has the same experiences. Re. surface noise, the Ortofons pick up more surface noise than other carts too, but it's not that big a deal to me.
Should you go with the Ortofons, you'd need at least a 3mm spacer as all their carts (the OM and the 2M series) are 17mm+. Then there's also the little problem of proper alignment which takes quite a while to get right esp. the first time.
At last - a logical reason to head around the M25 to Crawley and Reigate tomorrow.I was looking at some carts on the bay and stumbled upon this beautiful Sansui deck, with a very decent cart/headshell, and more importantly, looks very well cared for. The guy wants 200 quid, very reasonable I think, and one could always sell the cart/hs and the original dust bug (last time I checked, orig dust bugs were going for silly money). I'm literally powerless whenever I come across a SansuiThe fact that my decks have better specs doesn't matter at all
aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhh! Only 4 hours to go!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sansui-SR...646531?hash=item4d4e178703:g:NogAAOSwImRYHH8a
Did you win it Vanni?I was looking at some carts on the bay and stumbled upon this beautiful Sansui deck, with a very decent cart/headshell, and more importantly, looks very well cared for. The guy wants 200 quid, very reasonable I think, and one could always sell the cart/hs and the original dust bug (last time I checked, orig dust bugs were going for silly money). I'm literally powerless whenever I come across a SansuiThe fact that my decks have better specs doesn't matter at all
aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhh! Only 4 hours to go!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sansui-SR...646531?hash=item4d4e178703:g:NogAAOSwImRYHH8a
Did you win it Vanni?
Btw Robin, your Denon cart is also too tall for Alan's Rega tonearm eh? A shame as I think it would be a great match. I think Rega designing such a short cart was only done so it puts people off from going with other carts. The necessary use of spacers for a different cart will surely put some people off.
If only all decks had adjustable tonearm height.
I'm sure you are right about the Denon Vanni - I bow to your superior experience / knowledge.
One thing that always put me off a Rega turntable, from reading those forums, was the fact that you bought the thing and then were rather obliged to buy various extra bits of kit to make it better; a new cartridge, the white belt (whatever the fuck difference that made), or a different platter, and a speed-regulating device. All that made me think that the table they were selling was therefore, essentially a sub-optimal product. Either that, or the add-ons are snake-oil, which is a whole other argument I don't want to get into.
It think it's just me; I'm the kind of person who, if able to haggle the price of something down considerably, wonders if I was being taken for a ride in the first place, and I tend to walk away.
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