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Does anyone have experience with running an Ortofon OM 30/40 stylus in a Concorde body?
I'm a true believer in the Ortofon cartridges. I've got an OM-30 on a Kenwood KD-3070 and a Concorde integrated headshell/cartridge with 40 stylus on my Technics SL-1200. Both exceptionally fine cartridges.
KAB used to sell this exact combo - not sure if they still do. So, yes, it will work just fine as long as you're comfortable with the fixed alignment geometry.
The question is; should I be comfortable with it?
Since I read the 40 can be such a finicky little bugger to setup is it;
1- Stick it in a Concorde and; Boom! Setup issues gone, great sound!
Or
2- Stick it in a Concorde and; Cr#p! It's off! Never gonna get good sound!
I am going to use it on an SL1200MKII initially and possibly later on a Lenco with PUA7 arm.
The question is; should I be comfortable with it?
Since I read the 40 can be such a finicky little bugger to setup is it;
1- Stick it in a Concorde and; Boom! Setup issues gone, great sound!
Or
2- Stick it in a Concorde and; Cr#p! It's off! Never gonna get good sound!
I am going to use it on an SL1200MKII initially and possibly later on a Lenco with PUA7 arm.
The question is; should I be comfortable with it?
Since I read the 40 can be such a finicky little bugger to setup is it;
1- Stick it in a Concorde and; Boom! Setup issues gone, great sound!
Or
2- Stick it in a Concorde and; Cr#p! It's off! Never gonna get good sound!
My planning was to get a Concorde body, OM40 as 'good' stylus and an Arkiv (which I quite like) for 'the rest'.vc: What I don't really like about the (current) pro/dj Concorde bodies is the rather heavy weight of these. Granted, the current top hifi needles for these aren't that highly compliant anymore - but I'd still deem the high body weight not quite optimal... In addition, compared to the older, much lighter hifi Concordes (which still have a LM generation generator, btw), the pro/dj Concordes also lack azimuth adjustment.
Greetings from Munich!
Manfred / lini
VC: Regarding the bodies:
- old hifi Concordes: LM generator; light and adjustable body
- current hifi Concordes: don't officially exist, because there is no current hifi Concorde body anymore