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I got to the point when I want to add a long tonearm to my setup. SME is not a must, but only a starting point. At the same time I don't want to get into anything outrageous financially.So which way to go?I have M2-9 now and like it, so M2-12 seems n...
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Hi Romy,When youmdiscuss silicon dumping with your 3012 do you mean the silicon you put on headshell orDo you mean you use a silicon bath to damp the arm resonance, or both? I can't find the thread and I have decided to spend some time with my vinyl ...
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Rakesh,
I think no one sane would feel that a better tonearm imposable. Anything is possible “better” but it is not the point. In my view, the point of selection an audio elements for own playback is not to find what is abstractedly “better” ...
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Well, like in anything else there are two sides of the medal. I did not deal a lot with 3009. It is a fine arm. The very short time when I had the arm it impressed me as an arm identical to 3012 but with less developed bass. I did not get any s...
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Actually the popular stiff Denons (103, 103R) with compliance of 5 need no less the 35g of effective mass, but even this mass will not help them. The Shelter has a “normal” compliance, I do not remember how much exactly but I think that it is somewhe...
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[quote user="Paul S"] It is intresting to me that despite the insane pricing of the Schroder arms, this is yet another case where it seems necessary spend as much as possible to get the best realization of the "key features" that might actually m...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
I never understood all those conversations about heavier wands or lighter wands… What all this silliness came from? The Mass of the wand, along with mass of cartridge, shell and the shit that we pile up sometimes in shel...
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[quote user="RonyWeissman"]Try as I might, I can't get my sme3012/shelter 901 combo to do tubas . My ortofon309/vintage mono cartridge does it magnificently the tuba down low makes me goosevumps all over just likenthe cello. I think my stepup for she...
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[quote user="RonyWeissman"]When youmdiscuss silicon dumping with your 3012 do you mean the silicon you put on headshell orDo you mean you use a silicon bath to damp the arm resonance, or both? I can't find the thread and I have decided to spend some ...
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Well, how to maintain their site it is the matter of their own business of cause. Still, I think what they do with site is silly. The people who go there do have ALREADY a specific interest and they look for information, not for a presentation st...
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[quote user="drdna"]Romy,
I believe the cartridges are manufactured form Decca by JS Wright in London.
The suspension is less of an issue since the Decca cartridges use a novel transducer. There is no cantilever. The stylus connects di...
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I keep receiving emails asking me and complimenting me about this “Chernobyl Arm”. I have difficulties to estimate the worth of the entire project and the most important to pass the value of this worth to others. The project was very valuable f...
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Romy:I wonder whether the above post does not reflect a niggling doubt surfacing that you might find a better tonearm after all, than your very venerable SME 3012R. I cannot comment on how the 3012 compares with the latest iteration, the technic...
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Ciampa,
I am a huge fun of Shelter 901, love the cartridge, even I do not use it now but I would have no problems to continue use it. I do not about those new SME arms: SME 309, SME 4/5/6. I had once, sort time, SME V and I really did not “ge...
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It is always difficult objectively deal with tonearms. The tonearms is very difficult subject, performance of which might be severally masked by thousands associative parameters. However, the biggest problem is that it is imposable to talk with peopl...
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MY TT sits next to the heating buttery and I did note that my silicon dumping on 3012 was exposed to temperature variations. Not only that. The silicon must be completely sealed. I do not know how it is made in Well Tempered Arm but in my care, where...
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[quote user="Brian Clark"]What you have there Romy is essentially the cartridge Ortofon introduced in 1948, the first production moving coil cartridge. The motor is the same, just the "suspension" material changed from india rubber to a modern elasto...
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FWIW Ive heard people with Reed arms like the Red Cedar, which is also the cheapest alternative, arm wands due to neutral sound.The Panzerholz is heavier and some think might be too heavy for 12" arm.Romy, what does the 3012 do better than the FR-66s...
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With SME 3012 (Shelter 901), Ortofon RMG 309 (Orotofon S15-T) and Micro 237 (french mono cartridge early 50's, unbeatable)...I couldn't really get the sound I wanted out of the TT until I put it on the SR stands, I envy your vibraplane but trying shi...
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It's probably as good or even worse than Acoustic Solid, Acoustic Signature , VPI , Teres , Galibier and army of heavy TT's you don't have to rob a bank and can buy third hand for fraction of original price. My undersanding is there weren't many heav...
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I've got a reasonable offer on this arm.Has anybody tried it, esp. comparing to 3012?Strangely, the arm has already been around for some timebut there is hardly any info around, not to mention good info.Cheers,N-set...
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Yep, I fixed it. If does sound very good now, exactly how it has to be. It turns out that my suspicion were correct: my Micro’s fat cable has died on me. I absolutely assure you that no one would believe that a regular phono cable able to introd...
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Hi Romy,When youmdiscuss silicon dumping with your 3012 do you mean the silicon you put on headshell orDo you mean you use a silicon bath to damp the arm resonance, or both? I can't find the thread and I have decided to spend some time with my vinyl ...
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The 3012 is actually a fairly "flexible" arm, but to "develop" any arm/cartridge pairing might take a long time, and during this time you are pretty much on your own. The truth is, you may or may not EVER hear a cartridge the same way someone else h...
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Since Sound in new home is mostly set I kind lost interest to do anything “project-wise”. I play my music and I gradually tune ingredients to get the sonic mixture that I accustom to. Last two week I was slowly playing with my analog setup. Since...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
Possible, with all my conversation about Mantis I do not remember I ever made any guess or assumption how it might sound. In horns, I feel I am qualified to make sometimes very bold assessments with very high prece...
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People who read me site know that I am a big admirer of older SME arms 3012/3009. Everything is great on them except they have no objective VTA scale. The new SME arm: M2-12/9 has a fixing bolt that allows dial-in and to maintaining VTA very accurate...
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[quote user="perrew"]FWIW Ive heard people with Reed arms like the Red Cedar, which is also the cheapest alternative, arm wands due to neutral sound.The Panzerholz is heavier and some think might be too heavy for 12" arm. [/quote]
I never unde...
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Yesterday I removed and packed all tonearms for my turntable and thoughts about tonearms flew in my head.
It is know my admiration of SME 3012 tonearms, which I consider is good enough do not look for anything better arm. A few year back SME m...
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A site reader sent me email: “ …some guys in Germany & Japan have put it [Micro RX5000] up against the Continuum and other ultra expensive high end tables with older vintage arms similar to your SME 3012 and shamed the newer tables.... “I asked a...
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