The turntable is a modified Gyro with a Funk FX3 tonearm, Houdini and Lyra Kleos SL.
Just installed my new custom tonearm cable on my Vertere MG1. Looking forward to my phono pre to be upgraded so I can test the new cable.
Does anybody know what the ideal tracking force on the Grado Reference 3 high output cartridge should be? Waiting on a reply from Grado just thought somebody here might know. Currently itās set at 2g.
Is that one of their crazy wooden-bodied cartridges? Grado do like to do their own thing! (I had a pair of their headphones once, which used wood, where most other manufacturers would use some form of plastic material.)
I am never sure what to do when a manufacturer quotes a range of tracking forces - start at the lowest weight, and adjust by ear?
I usually just go for the middle, rounded up if necessary. Iāve never really experimented (or researched) but somehow doubt a .1 gr difference would be audible.
Depends on the cartridge. My Lyra Atlas sounds noticeably different between 1.75 and 1.80 gr.
Ah; but thats a Ā£10k Cartridgeš
I did say depends on the cartridge, ā¦and arm too. A cartridge like the Lyra really needs an arm that can control it. However, you still might hear a difference between 1.9 and 2.0 gr on yours. VTF can make surprising differences.
Lyra is on my list for my next change, but not a Ā£10k Atlas. Iāll be looking at the Delos alongside the Hana ML/MH and the Dynavector XX2 MkII, all up against the Rega Apheta 3, which I could just have another one of.
ā¦but thatās NEXT yearš
The Delos should be nice really nice, but Iām interested how it compares to the XX2 Mk II, another great choice. I still have a XV-1s as a backup.
I just ordered a Lyra Atlas Mono for a second tonearm. I should have it in a few weeks.
Damn! Youāre swimming in a very different āFishbowlā to me sirā¦
Yeah, everything Iāve read about it sounds promising
Definitely looking forward to hearing it next year.
I just turned 65, so I leveraged some assets to buy myself something very special for my impending retirement.
I have nearly 5000 LPs, so the investment is very worthwhile for me.
Donāt be too quick to dismiss the Dynavector. As good as Lyra is, the DVs are not worse, just somewhat different. The DV and Lyra I have are at different levels of performance (and price) but they have similar house sound.
Iām definitely going into my next cartridge change with a very open mind and a HARD stop on the budget.
Ā£1.5k, as this is the sustainable limit going forward. I could afford a much more expensive cartridge now, but I will be unable to sustain that level of expenditure and run the risk of being disappointed in the future as I come back down the price pointsš¤·š»āāļø
I run a stylus timer on my setup (Iāll need two soon). As the hours count up, I set aside money from my discretionary funds to save for cartridge rebuild. When the time comes to rebuild the Lyra Iāll have set aside the money for it.
Cheers!
It takes a while to get used to retirement, but life belongs to us only. So best with everything!
Wow! I bet that looks epic. Iām not sure my local HMV could match that. Are these meticulously catalogued? I fear Iād be poor at that.
You guys definitely have deeper pockets than me. The Grado reference 3 is the top of the timbre series. I chose high output as I didnāt want to buy a step up transformer for my valve phono pre.
The wood body is aesthetically very pleasing. Not to mention itās sound which is very good with timing. Exceptional actually. Prior to this, the best cart I had heard was the Rega Apheta.