I min søken etter Miyajima Premium på nett, kom jeg over følgende innlegg på et forum. Som bestilt! Planen er å bruke FR64 armen min til å montere en mono pickup på. Den vil jeg kunne montere på det ekstra armbordet jeg har til min VPI TNT. Har tatt opp igjen ideen om å få laget flere slike armbord og få borret opp Lenco plinthet slik at jeg kan bruke armbordene om hverandre. Det hadde vært knall. Da kunne jeg switche armer mellom spillerne relativt enkelt. Vel her er innlegget som bekrefter utregningen jeg gjorde for å se om FR64fx og Miyajima pickupene var en grei match;
"A few years ago, after 40+ years as a music-lover/audiophile, I purchased my first monaural cartridge. Claims made on various audio sites extolling the virtues of playing mono LPs with mono cartridges were intriguing to say the least.
One of my TTs, a Garrard 301 has two arms—an SME 3012 and a FR64fx an ideal setup for this sort of thing. I have since experimented with three mono cartridges: a Denon DL102, a custom built Grado Statement Reference (of which about a dozen were made), and a Miyajima Premium BE.
When properly set up all three offer a substantial improvement over any stereo cartridges I've ever used to play mono LPs. What they say about a 'big' sound, significant diminishing of surface noise, realistic sound, musicality, etc I found to be absolutely true with the above cartridges.
The Denon DL102 is a little difficult to install because there are only two pins. This means the cartridge clips have to be piggy-backed and there is a very real danger of screwing up one or more clips if one is not diligent. . You may want to check out this link:
The Denon DL-102 Page
The Grado, to my ears, has a much more refined sound than the Denon. It has 4 pins, installation is straightforward. Unfortunately I experienced some hum when I used it with my Garrard table, a problem others have complained about (Grados, I believe, are unshielded and thus sensitive to some turntable's motors). For a while I thoroughly enjoyed it on a VPI (I too had an extra arm wand), but stopped using it when I sold the table a couple of years ago.
Then, last year, I had the opportunity to purchase a Miyajima Premium BE, a cartridge that has received many accolades and raves on the internet. It sounded so good on the Fidelity Research arm that I decided to hear what it sounded like on the SME 3012.
Amazing, is all I can say. My first reaction was 'holy crap' (to use a euphemism). The sound on mono LPs, particularly those featuring singers or soloists (e.g. Billy Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee; Miles Davis, Coleman Hawkins, etc) is remarkable for its realism and sheer musical pleasure. Hearing
Kind of Blue (I have an early mono 6-eye pressing) or an original Beatles mono LP under such circumstances is truly a unique and revelatory experience. Nowadays, if I am 'demo-ing' my system what impresses my musician/audiophile friends the most is the sound of a mono recording.
If I had the space, time and energy, the next thing I'd do is take mono a step further and use only one speaker and a dedicated mono amp/preamp. Maybe I'll do that next time around...
The only recordings I find less satisfying in mono are most large-scale symphonic works, perhaps because of my background i.e. playing in symphony orchestras where the sound is coming at you from all directions. Solo instruments recorded monaurally, however, still sound better to my ears than their stereo counterparts. "
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