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Koetsu owners cartridge set up ?

Hai, my first ever thread started on audiogon, champagne!!!

(joking) I m just curious how other koetsu users set up theirs .
Having owned it now for 3 months .
First having tried the 100 ohm setting on the nagra ,as the advice seems to be 30 ohms (not possible on the plp)but as there is no koetsu factory site im only guessing.
I now notice much improvement however as i set it to 1 kohm , more dynamics /precision /speed ,this was the same for the condor to which i listened a couple of years ,this was the advised setting for the condor though ,so no problem there, but as i got lower with condor i had the same problem.
Further i set the tracking weight to around 2 grams which seems to be average although i read 1.90 grams also a lot.
My arm is not level but raised a bit at the back.
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samhar
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Fjn04
I did have the Rosewood listed as a Sig because of the shape of the body, it came with my TT and I wasn't sure which it was so re-listed it as a Rosewood not a Rosewood Sig. Also the difference between the Urushi Black and the Rosewood was great enough I couldn't imagine it was a Sig!!! The Urushi needs a rebuild, the stylus isn't straight so I tried another brand cart, it wasn't that I didn't like/love the Urushi I just wanted to expand my experiences!!!
nolitan
865 posts
 
Personally after trying the rosewood in my system, there was no turning back. Koetsu is really very different from most of the carts i tried. But again, to each his own.
andromedaaudio OP
170 posts
 
The measurements on almost live tell nothing of the output at a certain frequency, what i sometimes read about listening experiences of koetsus and the cheaper models in particular is that they have a roll off at the frequency extrememes.
There are a lot of speakers on the market which have that as well , so if one has the frequency response of a certain cartridge one can rule the cartridge out as a factor.
fjn04
1,339 posts
 
Samhar, Thanks for clarifying. It's always good when you can try other cartridges. I won't ask the details of your experience, as it get's off the original subject here.
I am also trying a new cartridge on a new TT, not my Basis/Vector setup. I am enjoying it quite a bit, and perhaps it is a better value than the Koetsu. That said, it does not have that Koetsu midrange thus far. Andromeda-sorry the specs list on Almost Live audio did not have the spec's you are looking for. It is the only Koetsu specs I have seen.
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