Go to 2023:

Having been more than pleased with my Denon
DP67L/Moerch tonearm, I thought it time to raise the bar a little and
having a turntable with multiple arms just don't work for me. Eventually
I end up only using one arm/cartridge - the most convenient, the
4Point9/Anna-D. Thus my Jelco TK850S/MSL Eminent/Schick headshell really just collected dust.
Hence it was time to retire my beloved
Denon DP67L/Moerch
DP6/MSL Eminent and take full advantage of the Jelco/MSL/Schick. I
include the Schick headshell in the description as it is a key
components in the superb performance of this setup. So, what to do?
The Kuzma Stabi R is a phenomenal deck and having had it for some two
years and not wanting anything different, why not buy a 2nd unit? So I
did.

A friend suggested the
Thomas Schick
graphite headshell - and why not? So I bought one.
Obviously this only goes with the Jelco tonearm, usually fitted with the
standard Jelco/Sumiko headshell.
Little had I seen this coming, but this graphite headshell cleaned up
the treble range of the MSL cartridge. Never underestimate the
vibrations the needle in the groove transmit into the headshell/tonearm.
Worth every Euro.
Only drawback is high weight.

Jelco TK850S tone-arm with VTA on-the-fly.
Very, very bad these Jelcos are no longer available. They had a
performance/cost ratio that was hard to beat. And they looked good too! I think I got the
last one in Denmark.

I use a pure
silver
tonearm cable.
I've given up making these myself. This guy in Aberystwyth/Wales knows
how to make it right.




The workshop setup, Kuzma StabiR/Jelco/MSL
Eminent - EAR-868PL pre-amplifier - EAR-861 power amplifier.
BTW:

This clamp is really good! And at a
reasonable price. It's very hard to find at the Kuzma website, but I
found it under the Stabi Ref 2 turntable:
https://www.kuzma.si/stabi-ref-2.html
Kuzma also has an exotic clamp made from
ebony, but a price around 2 k€ is where I draw the line.

Without platter
2023:

Read the story behind the 4Point9 journey
here.
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