Move on, yep, thats what one has to do. The past few weeks have been a real roller-coaster of frustrations over cartridges and TT tweaks and de-tweaks, advise and counter advise, the head started to complain. Walk away, regroup for a couple of days . . . works wonders.
I had a radical re think, the Benz thing just was not happening, lip service, but actually getting a dem, let alone a dem cartridge, was like asking for the crown jewels. So, lets talk to my friendly local (thats 10 minutes round the corner local) . . . what about a Sumiko Blue Point Special or a Dynovector DV-20X2H? . . . Both on my original list of possibles, OK.
Picked them up Thursday afternoon, the Sumiko is totally nude, vulnerable in the extreme, my skills at cartridge changing are 20+ years old, ones dexterity is not what it used to be, Oh boy . . . all went well, one soon established the Sumiko was not for me, a sophisticated version of the Ortofon Blue which I'm trying to get away from.
Install the Dyno 20x2H, much less stress, it has a stylus guard. Been 30+ years since I had a Dyno, a very early version of the 10x and my first proper deck/cartridge, happy days. Any way, from the fist few seconds of the 20x I new I was in the right ball park. A little tracking adjustments, warm, musical was first impressions . . . and this from a cartridge the dealers said had limited running in time, needed more he thought.
I listened . . . if this is 'pre full run in' what on earth will it be like in another 50 hours?
The Dynovector has a quality that draws one in to the music, detail is there by the spade full as part of the whole, rather than the analytical chunk presentation I have been listening to. This is exciting, its bringing those old memories to life, turning them into reality . . . first session over, tingling spine . . .
Hazel, me and the dog! sat on the sofa (hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil :rofl: ) for our now normal, Horlicks hour. 12 midnight, a bit later than usual. I said to Hazel, say nothing just listen to a couple of tracks, I played, Carol Kidd and Jazz at the Pawn shop, . . . "Wow, thats it" she said, we moved on to Enya, Miserere, and a few others, Horlicks hour turned into a 3 hour session! Its a good job I'm off for the week.
Trying to keep feet on the ground. I tried to listen last night to the Dyno as a piece of analytical hifi, as I could do with the Ortofons, impossible, it simply dragged my mind back to the music performance. The image was totally believable, width, depth, height and position, the P5/PB700 + DV-20x combination is capable of superb tactile qualities akin to my old memories.
Almost? given up on Benz . . . I was prepared to drive around half the country and still no joy :wall: Talking to my dealer a couple of miles down the road, he has come up with the goods, saved me £125, and all the cost, time of driving, money in the bank as they say!
Its now time to go put some more hours on that 20x2 and wallow in a memory of nostalgia . . . I still have the option to listen to a Benz, if one came up? but the drive has dramatically diminished to one of curiosity :dance:
CJSF
I had a radical re think, the Benz thing just was not happening, lip service, but actually getting a dem, let alone a dem cartridge, was like asking for the crown jewels. So, lets talk to my friendly local (thats 10 minutes round the corner local) . . . what about a Sumiko Blue Point Special or a Dynovector DV-20X2H? . . . Both on my original list of possibles, OK.
Picked them up Thursday afternoon, the Sumiko is totally nude, vulnerable in the extreme, my skills at cartridge changing are 20+ years old, ones dexterity is not what it used to be, Oh boy . . . all went well, one soon established the Sumiko was not for me, a sophisticated version of the Ortofon Blue which I'm trying to get away from.
Install the Dyno 20x2H, much less stress, it has a stylus guard. Been 30+ years since I had a Dyno, a very early version of the 10x and my first proper deck/cartridge, happy days. Any way, from the fist few seconds of the 20x I new I was in the right ball park. A little tracking adjustments, warm, musical was first impressions . . . and this from a cartridge the dealers said had limited running in time, needed more he thought.
I listened . . . if this is 'pre full run in' what on earth will it be like in another 50 hours?
The Dynovector has a quality that draws one in to the music, detail is there by the spade full as part of the whole, rather than the analytical chunk presentation I have been listening to. This is exciting, its bringing those old memories to life, turning them into reality . . . first session over, tingling spine . . .
Hazel, me and the dog! sat on the sofa (hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil :rofl: ) for our now normal, Horlicks hour. 12 midnight, a bit later than usual. I said to Hazel, say nothing just listen to a couple of tracks, I played, Carol Kidd and Jazz at the Pawn shop, . . . "Wow, thats it" she said, we moved on to Enya, Miserere, and a few others, Horlicks hour turned into a 3 hour session! Its a good job I'm off for the week.
Trying to keep feet on the ground. I tried to listen last night to the Dyno as a piece of analytical hifi, as I could do with the Ortofons, impossible, it simply dragged my mind back to the music performance. The image was totally believable, width, depth, height and position, the P5/PB700 + DV-20x combination is capable of superb tactile qualities akin to my old memories.
Almost? given up on Benz . . . I was prepared to drive around half the country and still no joy :wall: Talking to my dealer a couple of miles down the road, he has come up with the goods, saved me £125, and all the cost, time of driving, money in the bank as they say!
Its now time to go put some more hours on that 20x2 and wallow in a memory of nostalgia . . . I still have the option to listen to a Benz, if one came up? but the drive has dramatically diminished to one of curiosity :dance:
CJSF