So I guess, that the little "warmer" translates in little less resonances in the treble as well. But I can hear some details on Records I know, which I never heard before. With the most headshells I tried, the performance is a little warmer that I am used to it.
Kenwood sme tonearm full#
The music is clearing clean and full of energy, so not over dampened. The resonance management seems to work very good. And you understand, that a lot of this were only resonances,Īnd not information of the music as such. The most of the Rega "vibrant" playing is gone. Than change over to a good heavy mass turntable. If you now a typical wooden plate turntable like the old Rega Planar 3 with all of his vibrant music playing. Listening to the Glanz tonearm started with a smile, just after the first seconds. Need to decide which one, they have different weights and materials available. But I will try to get an Arche headshell as well. The Ortofon LH 9000 is for today the best fit. Until now, I was not able to identify a Headshell with such a good sonic fit, than the Glanz headshell. So I decided to use various aftermarket Headshells to overcome the Azimuth situation. My first Cart fitted is the Murasakino Sumile, which works nice in my former Ikeda and now in the Glanz Tonearm.īut I cannot manage to get the Azimuth with the Glanz headshell into a region that I am satisfied. The tonearmcable going with the Glanz looks more basic, so I am using my personal cables.įurther installing was simple and logic, like with the most Japanese tonearms.
Kenwood sme tonearm manual#
The Glanz manual is recommending 50mm distance from needle to headshell start, so an easy and fast cartridge fit. The bad side of this construction is, that you cannot adjust azimuth. so the headshell is one part only, not two parts like mostly. The Glanz headshell is perfectly done from one stainless steel billet. But Glanz recommends to run the tonearm even without this assembly. I like thisĪntiskating is similar to the old FR64 & Fr66. Look and feel is like you would expect from such an expensive product. The Tonarm as such feels heavy and well produced. Looking into the Glanz package, such a perfect solid steel nut is part of the assembly as well. So no wonder, that Micro Seiki had this nuts as Gun Metal option for many different tonearms on offer as well (N-60 do fit to current Ikeda as well) The more heavy nut (similar to B-60) improves Ikeda and FR tonearm to a reasonable margin.
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I like thisįor Fidelity Research the heavy fitting nut N-60 was always a better option, than the standard nut. The Glanz tonearm comes with a heavy stainless steel plate which will be fitted between tonearm and turntable base to give the Glanz arm a heavy and rigid base to be fitted. So I even fit the FR 64s with a heavy Gunmetal Micro Seiki Base to my TechDAS. Ikeda and FR do like a heavy and rigid turntable base. The tonearmbase of the turntable needs a classic 30mm hole in 290mm distance. Up to now, this is the best tonearm, I have fitted to my TechDAS AF3P turntable.īoeing used to Fidelity Research, SAEC, Ikeda tonearms, the Japanese Glanz tonearm is easy to fit as well. Speaker: Avalon Acoustics Osiris, JBL 4367, IMF TLS-80, Line Magnetic LM-812 Pre: Audionet Stern, Line Magnetic LM- 512CA Amp: Audionet Heisenberg, Line Magnetic LM- 503 PA Integrated: Line Magnetic Audio LM-210iA Dac: Lampizator Baltic 3 CD-Drive: Oracle CD2000 Musicserver: AntiPodes K50 new Switch: Melco S-100 PhonoPre: Zanden 1200 MK III, Line Magnetic Audio LP-33, LAB12 Melto II, Phasemation EA-1200 (just ordered) Phono: Kenwood L-07D, TechDAS AF-3P, Kuzma Stabi R, Technics SL-1000 MKII, Luxman PD444, Thorens TD 124DD Tonearm: AS Axiom, Metaxas Combobulator, Ikeda IT-407CR, SME 3012R, FR 64s, Sorane TA-1, TA-1L Cartridge: Clearaudio Titanium, Soundsmith Hyperion OCL-S, Phasemation PP-2000, PP-1000, Kiseki Blackheart N.S., Allnic Rose, Benz LP-S, Skyanalog G3, Koetsu Black, SPU Step up: Phasemation T-2000, T -1000, T-1 Cables: NBS BL I & III, JPS Super Aluminata, Wireworld Platinum, MIT EVO 850 Power: Furutech Powerblock 6E Rack: Artesania Exoteryc, HRS SXR, CMS QXK, Maxxum Platform: CMS Black Diamond, Maxxum, Center Stage 2, HRS M3x, Accurion i4L Grounding: Telos GNRĪfter having spent some hours with the Glanz MH-124s I can say, this tonearm fits my taste a lot.