"Regarding TTs, I believe it's the 1200 and then the Teres. I would not consider anything else in between."
That's what I wrote.
Now the Teres doesn't play 45's, that's a limitation.
The modded 1200 sounds extremely good. The tonearm lacks some control and the fluid damper delivers it. Bearing friction specs are really low--I don't know of other tonearms that actually publish them. Once I get the power supply, the tonearm rewired w/ Cardas and the ICs w/ Ridge Street cables it's going to be really hard to beat for the money. The integrated headshell modded Groovemaster is a really good performer. I have had no need to switch back to my Ortofon X5 MC. The only thing I miss is the upper treble response, but the modded Groovemaster has a midrange to die for--like a very expensive MC...
Tom, I'm going to coax Lak into buying a Teres, with some help from you! Then I can take the creature to his place...
That's what I wrote.
Now the Teres doesn't play 45's, that's a limitation.
The modded 1200 sounds extremely good. The tonearm lacks some control and the fluid damper delivers it. Bearing friction specs are really low--I don't know of other tonearms that actually publish them. Once I get the power supply, the tonearm rewired w/ Cardas and the ICs w/ Ridge Street cables it's going to be really hard to beat for the money. The integrated headshell modded Groovemaster is a really good performer. I have had no need to switch back to my Ortofon X5 MC. The only thing I miss is the upper treble response, but the modded Groovemaster has a midrange to die for--like a very expensive MC...
Tom, I'm going to coax Lak into buying a Teres, with some help from you! Then I can take the creature to his place...