Hello Chris,
Thanks a mill for your reply, I started feeling like a dumb blonde novice, (ok lets face it at this stage I am...)
Still setting up the space with the compressor etc, the Studio should be fine now, broken wires repaired, checked speed etc, all good to go, I've lasercut some plexiglass sheets to hide the glue & holes which the previous owner left.
Visibly the ET arm looks fine, hope its mechanically sound, I just always wanted a Studio as extension of the baby Goldmund which has given me 30 years of joy, but I've heard incredible reports about the ET arm, so I will learn slowly. There was no pump, likewise no powersupply with the STudio, I'm using the home built PS from my Studietto which is good.
Hence the compressor which will be linked from a stairwell below, I figured it would work to use the 50l tank as the air supply, not really to run it while playing, if this is a bad idea please let me know, I haven't opened the compressor box yet, just heard its a good alternative?
PS: Not fixed on the Colibri, but it sounded incredible on a friends Dynavector tonearm, despite his warnings that the cantilever angle is not aligned with the cartridge, is difficult to set up, & apparently it swerves very far out on its path playing on linear tracking arms. (from Vusi Khumalo who has posted some well informed threads on this forum)
I can only afford one good cartridge, no mistakes, hence the questions asked, some heavily discounted Colibris were on offer on this site, that's where I picked up the idea. But I've heard controversial feedback whether they are first grade cartridges, hence the concern, I just can't afford a mistake, single dad, university teacher, not a stockbroker!
For the moment I will mount my old MC 10 & learn from it.
Thanks again for the encouragement & advice, it helps a ton to know there are well informed users out there, this is definitely not a walk in the vinyl park...
Thanks a mill for your reply, I started feeling like a dumb blonde novice, (ok lets face it at this stage I am...)
Still setting up the space with the compressor etc, the Studio should be fine now, broken wires repaired, checked speed etc, all good to go, I've lasercut some plexiglass sheets to hide the glue & holes which the previous owner left.
Visibly the ET arm looks fine, hope its mechanically sound, I just always wanted a Studio as extension of the baby Goldmund which has given me 30 years of joy, but I've heard incredible reports about the ET arm, so I will learn slowly. There was no pump, likewise no powersupply with the STudio, I'm using the home built PS from my Studietto which is good.
Hence the compressor which will be linked from a stairwell below, I figured it would work to use the 50l tank as the air supply, not really to run it while playing, if this is a bad idea please let me know, I haven't opened the compressor box yet, just heard its a good alternative?
PS: Not fixed on the Colibri, but it sounded incredible on a friends Dynavector tonearm, despite his warnings that the cantilever angle is not aligned with the cartridge, is difficult to set up, & apparently it swerves very far out on its path playing on linear tracking arms. (from Vusi Khumalo who has posted some well informed threads on this forum)
I can only afford one good cartridge, no mistakes, hence the questions asked, some heavily discounted Colibris were on offer on this site, that's where I picked up the idea. But I've heard controversial feedback whether they are first grade cartridges, hence the concern, I just can't afford a mistake, single dad, university teacher, not a stockbroker!
For the moment I will mount my old MC 10 & learn from it.
Thanks again for the encouragement & advice, it helps a ton to know there are well informed users out there, this is definitely not a walk in the vinyl park...