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Review Reflex C & Lautus Interconnects |
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Graham Slee
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I must thank tg for his evil recommendation of the Denon DL-103...
It is absolutely wicked!!! |
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morris_minor
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Are you being seduced by the 'dark side', Graham?
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Bob
Majestic DAC/pre-amp Accession MC/Enigma, Accession MM, Reflex M, Elevator EXP, Era Gold V Solo ULDE, Novo, Lautus USB and digital, Libran balanced, CuSat50 2 x Proprius + Spatia/Spatia Links |
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Graham Slee
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Only in the pursuit of excellence... Needed to hear exactly what the Reflex (Revelation) C and Elevator EXP were capable of. Not being able to justify the expense of exotic MCs for the workshop, the DL-103 was obtained for comparison with the old Eroica LX, Salsa and OC-9 - which it beat hands down. I therefore consider I now have an MC cartridge which might be as revealing as the exotic? Plus, the sound is on par with my MMs It also works really well on the Technics SL1210 II. |
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tg [RIP]
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So you think all those broadcasters who used it might have been on to something ?
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Tony G
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Graham Slee
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Must have been different downunder? According to this: http://www.bbceng.info/Designs/designs_sections/Recording.htm, the BBC used crystal cartridges until the Goldring 800 came out in 1969. I didn't know that. So it was pure coincidence that I used crystal cartridges on disco, and a Goldring 800 on home audio in the early/mid '70s. Even when doing production studios in the early '90s UK broadcasters were specifying high output cartridges. |
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Bob
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tg [RIP]
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I find your references to BBC usage unsurprising, whether it was different here I have no certainty. The cartridge was developed by Nippon Columbia/ Denki Onkyo (Den-on) and the japanese radio and television broadcast corporation NHK in 1962. This “standard” DL 103 is still in production. I infer from that that its intended market was broadcast usage, that may well have been mainly in Japan. IIRC in the early 60's Japanese manufacture did not have the reputation for engineering quality it has since earned, rather being synonymous with the opposite. That in itself may have restricted its use outside Japan, then again, they have often kept their best audio products for their home market. Still, not many cartridges are still being made after 50+ years. Edited by tg - 10 Feb 2016 at 9:53pm |
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