Field coil dava cartridge

Thanks everyone for your response .

@lewm i did read about Mike’s comments about the dava. He’s a bit hard to read cause there is a lot of heart in what he says 😊.

I love my Lyra, I like my ortofon verisimo . I am tending towards getting the dava as a third Cartridge and  mount it on my Durand tosca arm.

more experiences are welcome .

@rdk777 

the opinions by mike is what got me interested in the dava. I have read what he has said in both forums.

I was hoping someone else has heard the dava in their system and what their opinion was.

@mikelavigne 

it’s your experience with the dava that got us interested in the cartridge… a killer deal at the price . If it’s equal to the other cartridges that you have.

the hum you had was a concern but now you have fixed it . Jonathan said he never had the issue.

looking forward to hear  opinions from the others who have heard the dava .

meanwhile we have placed an order for the dava with the tube power supply. ETA is feb/mar 2023 .

@rauliruegas IMO for my taste , the Lyra was a clear winner over the ortofon verisimo. Music had more layers , more detail , much larger soundstage and much more dynamics. The verisimo was softer and much smaller( the sound stage ) and lacked the various hues and layers the Lyra revealed . The Lyra sounded more like my reel tape machine  playing 1/2” dubs at 30ips. 

@bonzo75 

i ordered it a month ago when I started this thread .

the Kondo silver with xlr is wired in to the arm with no din connector. So I won’t be able to try it on the sme .

I alternate between a Cardas clear beyond xlr along with an audience phono cable for the sme .

the Cardas clear beyond is my fav.

I am getting a ch precision p1 phono stage with a x1 power supply. I am very curious how the dava will sound when comparing between volatage amplification vs current amplification input in the p1. The dealer tells me the p1 has a caliberation disc and it’s  will be a breeze caliberating the dava to the p1. Looking forward to playing with all the tweaks . 😊

nice to hear from someone who has listened to the dava . I am going in blind lol … 

@bonzo75 

thanks for your input . I have ordered the dava. ETA around feb/mar 2023.

will be mounted  on a Durand tosca tonearm on a nvs reference table and will be playing alongside a Lyra atlas lambda sl on a kuzma 4 point 11” with Kondo silver cable and an ortofon verisimo on a sme v arm on a sme 30 table .

should be fun listening to diff flavors .

FYI your write up was very engaging and I was never distracted from what you had to convey .

@rauliruegas 

Your insight into cartridges and analyzing them are very much appreciated.

I look forward to reading them …

Interacting in these forums is excellent for us as we pursue the holy grail of music and learn from each other . 

@dover 

the verisimo was mounted on a Durand tosca arm playing on a wave kinetic nvs reference turntable. The Lyra lambda was mounted on a sme v arm on a sme 30 table . Swapping the cartridges made the Lyra lambda even better through my system. 

Hi everyone,

following up on the dava. I got my dava ref with tube power supply .

my set up now has 3 arms on 2 tables 

1. dava ref on Durand tosca arm on nvs ref turntable 

2. ortofon Anna diamond on kuzma 4 point 11” with Kondo silver wiring 

3. Lyra atlas etna sl on discovery rs toneram on krono pro turntable with Kubala sosna realization cabling .

the dava and Lyra are connected to the current amplification mode of my ch precision p1 with x1, the ortofon is connected to the voltage amplification mm/mc input of the ch.

my impressions after listening for a short period 

the Lyra , Kronos is the best with regard to soundstage , details , impact , micro and macrodynamics. Give it a score of 9.5 music soars and is big.

the dava , Durand nvs and the ortofon kuzma nvs score around 8. Both sound very diff… very musical both of them … will give hrs of listening pleasure but lack the air space and impact of the Kronos.

dava has been burning in and fortunately I have zero noise issues with it .

Does anyone have any recommendations on loading for the ortofon Anna diamond , and also any thoughts on a step up transformer… 

The low outputs and low impedence of the Lyra and dava work great with the current amplification in the ch precision 

@mijostyn i have to set up the gain at 70db for the voltage stage in the ch . I currently have the loading at 100 ohms … it sounds similar to the current input but for a lower loudness and minimal noise which u can hear with ur ears on the speakers (nothing 2 feet away). Never heard the msl signature platinum … I am curious to hear .

@rauliruegas the ortofon sounds better on the kuzma than the tosca in my system . Faster, cleaner and more impactful. The tosca is as they say “musical “ less dynamic. 

The Kronos discovery rs tonearm is everything you would need , fast , accurate , dynamic (micro and macro ) and musical . The atlas etna sl on it through the ch using Kubala realization interconnect sounds like good master tape playing in an optimized tweaked reel playback system . I am getting the 4 box ch p1 set up later in April , excited to hear what that offers .

so I understand that an sut other than adding noise is not going to augment the sound .

thanks to everyone for your inputs

@bonzo75 

that’s fantastic,

can’t wait to hear what u think of it , when u hear it.