Kleos on The Wand

[Per Sundell]

Mounted the Kleos on The Wand / Notts 294 this weekend.
Turned out excellent.

Seems like Lyra and Nottingham Analogue does seem like a good combination.
The slightly dark, leisurely character of the Notts and the slight brightness and speed of Lyra go well together indeed!

(Sorry about the medicre picture quality.)

[Metamatic]

sweet combo. funny how you have a tonearm from New Zealand.

[Per Sundell]

New Zealand is almost exactly on the other side of the world from Sweden so it has travelIed far.
like the wand very much. It is a very capable tonearm but with a face only a mother could love.
This is the eighth cartridge I´ve mounted on this arm and I think this is the best combination so far.

[mep]

New Zealand is almost exactly on the other side of the world from Sweden so it has travelIed far.
like the wand very much. It is a very capable tonearm but with a face only a mother could love.
This is the eighth cartridge I´ve mounted on this arm and I think this is the best combination so far.

You ain't lying.

[Metamatic]

New Zealand is almost exactly on the other side of the world from Sweden so it has travelIed far.
like the wand very much. It is a very capable tonearm but with a face only a mother could love.
This is the eighth cartridge I´ve mounted on this arm and I think this is the best combination so far.

Interesting, since Lyra cartridges are very tough on tonearms. That is a good sign of an excellent tonearm.

btw, I like the industrial look of the tonearm.

[Per Sundell]

Yes well I´m quite fond of its honest industrial look. It only looks a bit ungainly on the Notts 294 which by no means is a small turntable.

Lyra and The Wand has the same distributor in Sweden.
I´ve heard The Wand (10.3" on LP12) with Kleos utterly destroy an Ittok LVII Kleos on the LP12 at their place.
So, yes, it's a very excellent arm and the price is quite modest.

You'll find it over here: http://designbuildlisten.com/

[RoadDawgWest]

I was not familiar with The Wand tonearm. I like the look, and the simplicity when it comes to setup. Was this the 9in arm?

[RoadDawgWest]

Classic, Plus or Master? Did not spend a tremendous amount of time looking, but still searching for the differences.

[RoadDawgWest]

Found the feature sheet. That link is hidden until you place the mouse just in the right area, and position.

[Per Sundell]

I'm using a plus version.

[dan31]

Good news. I'm recently installed a Kleos on a new Spiral Groove Centroid. VTA arm level, 1.76 grams, still playing around with loading.

[MylesBAstor]

Congrats on the new acquisition!

[Per Sundell]

Haven't played around with the loading yet. My phonostage was set on 440 ohm for the Kiseki so I just let that be. Kleos seems happy so far.