SOLD: Holistic Audio HA103-SEL MC cartridge *Read Description*
Oct 23, 2020 15:23:21 GMT
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Post by Bigman80 on Oct 23, 2020 15:23:21 GMT
Hi all,
I am selling my HA103-SEL LOMC Cartridge.
I bought this directly fro Kilian Bakker at Holistic Audio, in February 2020. I have done between 500-700hrs on it.
Everything was going well until early October when I noted an amount of Sibilance had arrived at the inner groove null point. I took the cartridge and my TT to Phonomac who built and set up the TT originally, and he checked the cartridge alignment, and checked the cartridges overall condition. There is nothing that we could see to be a problem.
I noted that the cartridge was quite large when I fitted it and have since believed it to be too big for the MS-9 headshell.
However, upon return to the system the Sibilance has mainly remained even after the attention it was given.
I have contacted Kilian about it and he has told me to send it back and he'll check it over. Worst case scenario is it needs a new Ogura Stylus fitting, which is about £300 IIRC.
I haven't sent it back yest and have instead just bought something else for now, and in typical fashion I now have a bigger fish to fry and need to move some stuff on to collect some cash.
So, this is sold on the understanding that it may need a retip, or it may be fine and my headshell Isn't capable of housing it correctly.
Either way, its not playing ball properly in my system at the moment and as I now can't splash the cash to fix it, I am going to let it go.
The cantilever is straight as an arrow etc, but in this instance it may not matter too much of it needs a retip.
Bearing in mind that this is a €1900 cartridge, and that I got a decent discount for trading in my Kontrapunkt B, I think £350 delivered makes this a bloody bargain, considering even with a retip, it still comes in around £700.
You will not beat this cartridge for that total price.
Here is a link to a review i did on this cartridge: audioaddictsforum.com/thread/1293/holistic-audio-ha103-cartridge-review
Here is a link here so you can see it in action. This was taken in the last few weeks I think:
All correspondence by PM please.
I am selling my HA103-SEL LOMC Cartridge.
I bought this directly fro Kilian Bakker at Holistic Audio, in February 2020. I have done between 500-700hrs on it.
Everything was going well until early October when I noted an amount of Sibilance had arrived at the inner groove null point. I took the cartridge and my TT to Phonomac who built and set up the TT originally, and he checked the cartridge alignment, and checked the cartridges overall condition. There is nothing that we could see to be a problem.
I noted that the cartridge was quite large when I fitted it and have since believed it to be too big for the MS-9 headshell.
However, upon return to the system the Sibilance has mainly remained even after the attention it was given.
I have contacted Kilian about it and he has told me to send it back and he'll check it over. Worst case scenario is it needs a new Ogura Stylus fitting, which is about £300 IIRC.
I haven't sent it back yest and have instead just bought something else for now, and in typical fashion I now have a bigger fish to fry and need to move some stuff on to collect some cash.
So, this is sold on the understanding that it may need a retip, or it may be fine and my headshell Isn't capable of housing it correctly.
Either way, its not playing ball properly in my system at the moment and as I now can't splash the cash to fix it, I am going to let it go.
The cantilever is straight as an arrow etc, but in this instance it may not matter too much of it needs a retip.
Bearing in mind that this is a €1900 cartridge, and that I got a decent discount for trading in my Kontrapunkt B, I think £350 delivered makes this a bloody bargain, considering even with a retip, it still comes in around £700.
You will not beat this cartridge for that total price.
Here is a link to a review i did on this cartridge: audioaddictsforum.com/thread/1293/holistic-audio-ha103-cartridge-review
Here is a link here so you can see it in action. This was taken in the last few weeks I think:
http://instagram.com/p/CCd0eQvJnUk
All correspondence by PM please.