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Post by sq225917 on Jul 22, 2019 17:36:48 GMT
The mofi deck is just a cheap rebranding exercise. It's not junk, but it's not that far off.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2019 17:56:10 GMT
Not going to lie. But I quite like the looks of the Rega P8. Bit pricey though!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2019 3:55:44 GMT
How many records you own Ant?
in my 30 years of messing with record decks it's the cartridge arm wire and phono stage that makes the biggest difference.
what arm cart combo you got on ya PT?
i would say changing to this SAM deck you'll just get a different sound rather than a better sound..i went from a rega 300 arm to the sme v and tbh the sound just changed about 50 quids worth..ofc many people will say i must be deaf..well my hearing is still very good.
only system i would build today would be a lossless system..i have no idea how to do it but my son one year sorted some lossless files and we compared to me gyro.
no contest the gyro sounded shite..vinyl is way over hyped imho.i have never been happy with it. ofc ok with a pukka recording. but even an amstrad stack system will sound good with steely dan. .ofc if you own thousands of records then ofc u need a good deck
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Post by antonio on Jul 23, 2019 4:59:42 GMT
The arm is a J7 modded Rega 250 and a re-tipped Lyra Helikon.
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Post by dsjr on Jul 23, 2019 9:27:11 GMT
I've heard a few modern Lyra's now and like them a lot. They all seem to share a family 'sound' and it's lively and neutral but sweet enough so you don't get 'edge' or 'grit' in the high frequencies. Bit more bass 'presence' than say a typical OC9 say, but not sluggish or thuddy. Is that what you find?
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Post by antonio on Jul 23, 2019 13:25:09 GMT
I would say you're about right. I had a Karma in an Ittok and moved to the Lyra Clavis which improved everything in my book although it was probably double the price at he time. Move to the Helikon and recently had it re-tipped by ESCO. Although I have read it can be a bit toppy, I've never found that, more accurate/neutral.
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Post by dsjr on Jul 23, 2019 16:28:40 GMT
In the Karma/Troika days, we used to recommend a Koetsu Black as an upgrade and back then it really was... I've heard needle drops of a re-tipped Troika (ESCo and I think Goldring as well) and they seem to come to life when rebuilt this way.
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Post by antonio on Jul 26, 2019 8:30:22 GMT
I joined StereoNet forum to read a thread about the SAM tt. Since then I have been going through a 'Show us your Turntable' thread. Just thought I'd say some amazing tt's on there, those Aussie's love their vinyl.
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