But for fine detail, inner detail - not so much.Īnother thing to consider is that with the built-in arm board support in this chassis Ten inch tonearms can’t be used. Yeah, it allowed for the reproduction of strong body and slam on the TD124.
Good mid-range, mid bass and lower bass presence. Although it did, for me, produce nice meaty slices of enjoyable music from my record collection. It is far from being the last word on detail extraction. This is a somewhat clunky implementation of the knife-edge bearing concept. With it mounted the table produced a nice quiet background - for an idler.įurther notes on the SME 3009 SII while on the TD124. I suspect that other un-ipivots would work well on the TD124.Īdditionally, the SME 3009 SII with its clunky knife edge bearing seems less disturbed by the drive train vibes of that Thorens. The Graham is very good on the TD124 and might have an advantage in that its un-ipivot - pivot brg is less affected by drive train vibes than are gimbal bearing arms. I don’t know why I ventured down that particular rabbit hole. Actually in today’s world, the BW arm is limited to vintage cartridges. More bass weight and very good overall impressions. I also tried a Technics EPC-205-II to very good effect. Though the ADC and Sonus offered less bass weight than any other cartridge tried on this arm. I’ve used an ADC XLM-II and Sonus Blue cartridges on this arm and table to good effect. Actually, I prefer the M91E to the V15VxMR on this arm. I got better results with an earlier M91-E. I used a Shure V15VxMR on this arm with good results. The Infinity arm is perhaps the worlds lowest effective mass tonearm that was mass produced at 3grams effective mass and definitely requires a high compliance cartridge. I’ll bet the Shure V15VxMR will work on it ok. I heard it with a re-bodied Denon DL-103R mounted to it. This arm can work with low compliant cartridges as well as medium compliance cartridges. It looked great with an excellent quality of build and finish. I’ve set up a TD124 with a Jelco SA-750D arm. The Zeta was good too, although finding one of those in good adjustment might be a challenge. A capable arm that offers very good value for the money. In spite of its medium low effective mass rating, it worked well with both low compliant MC cartridges and also high compliant MM cartridges. More like a compliance rating around 20 whereas earlier versions were with a softer suspension. That Shure ,btw, is not as highly compliant as were its predecessors. And the Shure V15VxMR will likely work ok on it as well. and so it may match ok to the SME 3009 SII with its 12grams effective mass. I think the DL-103D moving coil cartridge is not as low in compliance as are the current DL-103 and 103-R versions. Although I might add that the TP14 was the most complex to make adjustments to. All of these arms worked well on the TD124. I’ve used a Graham 2.2 tonearm on it.Īnd lastly, I set up a TD124 mkII with the factory oem TP14 tonearm on it. I"ve used an Infinity Black Widow tonearm on it. I’ve used a Rega RB250 -modified by Expressimo- tonearm. I’ve used a few different tonearms on mine, including an SME 3009 SII.
Sme tonearm serial numbers serial numbers#
Two were early with 4 digit serial numbers the other one was somewhat later in the production run with a 5 digit sn. I’ve owned a few Thorens players, including three different TD124 players. Now all that said, I sure find it hard to believe that you are the last guy on the planet with an NOS new-in-the-box TD124.
Sme tonearm serial numbers install#
If it were me, I would still go with a modern tonearm, probably a Graham Phantom or a modern SME, and have a seasoned pro install it. Also, there is no room inboard for the junction box that many modern tonearms have (e.g. Your challenge-if you want to mate it with a modern arm-is that the platter sits low in the cast iron chassis relative to the tonearm mounting area. The SME arm is crude and clumsy by modern standards. These cartridges simply can't match the performance of modern low compliance cartridges. Low mass arms call for high compliance cartridges as you presumably know since you named some. Long story short-I was never happy with the tonearm despite the alleged reconditioning. There used to be guy named Alfred Kayser that restored vintage SME arms with new knife bearings and wiring. My dad had both a TD124 and that arm and I had both restored.
0 kommentar(er)
