Best Cartridge for Kuzma Airline


Bought this Arm and I start thinking about a Cartridge for it.
Some recommendations?
thomasheisig

Showing 5 responses by whart

I have heard it with the Transfiguration on a system that was not mine and it sounded amazing (i think it was the then latest W version of the cartridge); I have the arm and use a Lyra Titan (i) which may not be everyone's cup of tea. In talking with the US importer, who recommended, among others, the London and the Dynavector, I also heard through his dealer that the Airtight cartridge has the lifelike virtues in which this arm excels. That may be my next cartridge.
Hi, Breezer: I contributed to this thread in its original incarnation, and at the
time, used a Lyra Titan i (the Atlas was not available then). I also used an
Airtight and currently run the Airtight Supreme, which I like. You may want to
look at Albert Porter's thread where he compares the Atlas and Airtight,
albeit on SME arms, but still a good explanation of the differences in the
sound of the cartridges.
I still like the Airline after all these years- and am now in the process of
replacing the air compressor with an oversized one to reduce duty cycles.
FWIW, I owned the Kuzma Reference table before I bought the XL- the
Reference was great, very easy to set up and no problems with isolation,
given its design.

Dctom- I see that you replaced your XL with the new model employing the
DC motor. I haven't seen much about this new model- happened on it
recently when I went to the Kuzma website. Care to explain the differences,
either here or on your own page? (sorry if you did that and I missed it).
best to all,
bill hart
Thanks Dave. I wonder if it is the same motor that some of the other high-end tables now seem to be using: that recent VPI, as well as the Kronos.
Enjoy it- I was almost in your neck of the woods last month, but the trip got cancelled for reasons not worth explaining. I'm going to try to hook up my new monster-sized compressor to the Airline arm later today- just need somebody to help me get it up two flights of stairs. I'll report back.
Appreciate the response. Apologies for the slight derail of thread, but since this one came back from the dead anyway....
best,
Slovenia; cheap, but one way, CZ. There's a joke about that, but it's probably inappropriate for a public forum.
Dave- exactly. The old compressor that came with the Airline died; Kuzma had for a while offered an oversized compressor as an aftermarket item for precisely that reason; I just went directly to the compressor manufacturer and had them configure one with an automatic drain function; it was basically plug and play; the only thing I had to do was remove the output fitting from the old compressor and screw it into the regulator on the new one. Overkill, but it wasn't that much more money than an exact replacement of the original sized unit.
Thanks for the invite.