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The AQ Leopard TA cable is stiffer than the Linn cable, but I was careful to install to allow movement. All cabling is Transparent Reference or RefXL.
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Noise floor & vibrations pretty well handled now.Ģ. Equip rack is Critical Mass Soto Vocce w black diamond iso shelves. Ran separate dedicated 20a supply circuits with 8' deep copper ground. Resolved by ripping out floor under equipment & pouring 12'x 8' x 5 deep concrete slab. Vibration/ footfall- a HUGE problem I discussed in previous posting. You might be surprised, because that is an excellent sounding cartridge and on the right table is a keeper!Įveryone, the suggestions are excellent. Take your Krystal MC cartridge and go listen to some turntables. I know many that love them, but personally the Linn sound just wasn't for me. If you love the Linn, you can get excellent results but it's a great deal of work. (Okay, you might need to add a little to get the Walker, but what a table!) Used Micros, Walkers, Thorens, EMT's, Clearaudio, SOTA's, VPI's, can all be had is superb condition for 10k or less. (Recently sold the Linn set up gig to a fellow agon member. I spent a decade with a Linn (don't get me started ). Last, my favorite is the humble Dual 1229 with a Grace 747. I have also restored a Garrad 301 and use a SME 3009 ( series one) tone arm and it likewise is outstanding. I'm using a SME 3012 and a 1966 Denon 103. It's nearly 60 years old and is absolutely the finest table I've ever heard. I recently restored an EMT 927, which leaves me speechless every time I listen to it. There are so many more dynamic tables available, both vintage and new.