Definitely as pretty as it gets I reckon @Bluesfan
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Very tempting… I’m listening to Joni Mitchell At Newport with my ML at the moment and it sounds wonderful. Being well into it’s 4th year now and sounding better than ever, I reckon it’s making the good case for an upgrade to one of the Umamis when it finally gives up…
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Is that the Thales tonearm?
Yes the statement arm
Lovely.
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This is my current cartridge bought a few weeks back a Hana SL mk2. I like it very much and is bedding in nicely. deck is Gyrodec and Audiomods series 6 arm also new this year.
These are a few previous incarnations I have kept for one reason or another. They all work or did the last time I tried them although the Ortofon is a bit odd on one channel but it is 40 or more years old.
A previous Cartridge used on my old arm (Rega RB600) was a Hana EL. I also had a SL but I gave that to a friend. The EL although the base cartridge in the Hana range is great value for money and punches well above its weight.
This ADC MC1.5 is interesting and memorable to me. It is the only MC type cartridge ADC made I think. Produced in the late 70s/early 80s and quite rare as fr as I know. At the time well known and liked for their MM versions but this MC did not catch on much in the UK at least and did not sell well. I did and still liked it the last time I listened it. It is very punchy and highish output for a low output MC @ 0.9mv so attached to a phono stage that has a 60db uplift (e.g. Stageline) one has to go easy on the volume control.
I liked the Denon DL304 it was polite and somewhat the opposite of the ADC and also had a fairly low output of 0.3mv. Very musical and laid back nice with classical.
Last an Ortofon MC20 Super.
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