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Has anyone used or tried out this cartridge?
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I havent but I bet very few have. It costs $20K. (for the cart and its equiv to a phono stage ).Magnepan 1.6 QR Loudspeakers, Amherst A-2000 MOSFET 150 WPC Amp, Conrad Johnson PV-10A Modded Tube Line & Phono Stage, Electrocompaniet MC II Class A Head Amp, Audio Technica AT-OC9XML Cart (Stereo) , Graham Engineering 2.2 Tonearm (Stereo) , VPI Aries-1 Turntable (Stereo) , VPI Clamp, Denon DL-102 Cart, (Mono) , Luxman Tonearm (Mono) , Kenwood KD-500 Turntable (Mono) , Michell Clamp, Marantz 20B Analog FM Tuner, Pioneer SACD, Onkyo DX-6800 CD Transport, DIY 24B/192K DAC, Sennheiser HD-650 Headphones, Headroom Max Balanced Headphone Amp, DIY Silver Interconnects -
20k is for the very latest model, they make an entry level DS001 cartridge with equalizer.that sells for $3.5k in Japan.
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I think the DS-W1 Garth was importing retailed for $8 or $10K?Myles B. Astor, PhD, Administrator
Senior Editor, Positive-Feedback.com
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-Zellaton Plural Evo speakers
-Goldmund Telos 440 and 1000 Nextgen mono amps
-Goldmund Mimesis 37S Nextgen preamplifier
-Doshi EVO and Goldmund PH3.8 phonostage
-VPI Vanquish direct-drive turntable
-VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy dual pivot tonearm, VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy gimballed and SAT LM-12 arm
-Lyra Atlas SL Lambda, vdh Colibri Master Signature, Mutech Hayabusa,
-Technics RS1506 with Flux Magnetic heads, Doshi V3.0 tape stage (balanced)
-Assorted cables including Skogrand, Kubala-Sosna, Audience FrontRow; Audience FrontRow, Genesis Advanced Technologies , Goldmund and Ensemble Power Cords
-Accessories including Stillpoint Aperture panels, Cathedral Sound panels, Furutech NCF Nano AC receptacles; Silver Circle Tchaik 6 PLC, Symposium ISIS and SRA Craz 3 racks, Audiodharma Cable Cooker, Symposium Ultra and assorted SRA OHIO Class 2.3+ platforms.Comment
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This is all changing.
There will be three models/systems available From DS Audio in the U.S. later this year at different price points.
The Systems will be the DS Master1, the DS-W1 Type II, and the DS-001 Type II.
More later...
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The DS-w1 aka "nightrider" was their top model, it uses a boron cantilever and shibata stylus where the DS001 use aluminum with a line contact styli. The Master series intro'd at AXPONA is, IIRC, 20k. My contact in Japan in who's ears I trust, tells me the lowly DS001 will give you a big slice of what the other two can do. I also understand all three model have seen improvements to both the generator and equalizer...I'm waiting for my dealer to get the 'new and improved' version before I jump in.Comment
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Every day is a good day to play analog.
- 12" 33-1/3 RPM and/or 45 RPM vinyl
- 15ips and/or 30ips reel-to-reel tape
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Every day is a good day for live music.
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Every day is a good day to listen to music.
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I hope to set up DS-W1 this weekend and post some results next week.Comment
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How does it sound and what is it that it does better than what we have now,Comment
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Just got it and should have some answers for you in a couple of days, I had got to play with an early prototype and was very impressed, I hear that the production version is much better,Comment
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Got the DS-1 working. Initial impressions are very favorable ,I need more time with set up and break in. Here are some photos.
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Myles B. Astor, PhD, Administrator
Senior Editor, Positive-Feedback.com
________________________________________
-Zellaton Plural Evo speakers
-Goldmund Telos 440 and 1000 Nextgen mono amps
-Goldmund Mimesis 37S Nextgen preamplifier
-Doshi EVO and Goldmund PH3.8 phonostage
-VPI Vanquish direct-drive turntable
-VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy dual pivot tonearm, VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy gimballed and SAT LM-12 arm
-Lyra Atlas SL Lambda, vdh Colibri Master Signature, Mutech Hayabusa,
-Technics RS1506 with Flux Magnetic heads, Doshi V3.0 tape stage (balanced)
-Assorted cables including Skogrand, Kubala-Sosna, Audience FrontRow; Audience FrontRow, Genesis Advanced Technologies , Goldmund and Ensemble Power Cords
-Accessories including Stillpoint Aperture panels, Cathedral Sound panels, Furutech NCF Nano AC receptacles; Silver Circle Tchaik 6 PLC, Symposium ISIS and SRA Craz 3 racks, Audiodharma Cable Cooker, Symposium Ultra and assorted SRA OHIO Class 2.3+ platforms.Comment
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Myles,
I will let you know in a few days. Hint. It is pretty amazing reproducing female vocals and it is dead quiet.
Even Dart Tater Maul was amazed..................I wonder if it will impress the great Darth Karmeli.
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David,
The base is an original base from SME (Ibelieve it is 8 mm thick) to raise the arm with some tables. It is, I believe pretty rare and SME now use a plastic spacer, I got it from our friend at Audio Arts in Hong Kong. It allows you to use grommets if you wish.
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Jam, it seem you are not using the rubber grommets for the 3012R base. I have ran into issues trying to mount 3012R using existing holes made for SME V that uses bigger screws that didn't let me use the rubber grommets. I am having to wrap the smaller machine screws than what came with V with Teflon tape to mount and to use the same holes and rubber grommets.
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Every day is a good day to play analog.
- 12" 33-1/3 RPM and/or 45 RPM vinyl
- 15ips and/or 30ips reel-to-reel tape
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Every day is a good day for live music.
**************************************************
Every day is a good day to listen to music.
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Industry Affiliation:
Senior Writer, The Absolute Sound
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