Hey London boy let me know how your cartridge search goes, I would like to try to learn from your journey. My direct e-mail is [email protected]
Thanks
Steve
Thanks
Steve
Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable
Hey London boy let me know how your cartridge search goes, I would like to try to learn from your journey. My direct e-mail is [email protected] Thanks Steve |
Spiritofmusic Glad you like the Salvation TT and Terminator arm. I bought the Terminator arm from Vic about two years ago and it was a big improvement over the full modified rega 250 I had used on my Michell Gyro II TT. I bought the Salvation TT from Vice about 3 months ago and wow the best way to describe it is the combination just makes music. As much as I like the Michell they are in differnet leagues. I finally sold my Meridian G08 CD player a couple of week ago because I had not even plugged in since the Salvation arrived. I also love the practical approach, everything has a purpose and it is very intuitive. Anyway I don't know about rim drive versus belt or vibration or linear arms versus traditional arm or resomat versus clamp, what I do know is it sounds very every good. Enjoy |
Spirit, what cartridge are you using in your setup. I am currently using the ortofon jubilee which sounds really good but as is the case with most of us I am always looking for an upgrade. I did try the miyajima Shilabe which was not a good match. Currently considering the Lyra Kleos or Ortofon winfield. |
Tms0245 are you Tom from Fort Wayne and Spiritofmusic do you live in Atlanta? If it is the same person I also talked to Tom before i bought my savlation back in March. Tom mentioned there was someone in Atlanta that was interested in the Salvation and since i lived in Rome, GA he might want to cantact me. Anyway I never heard anything but thought i would try to connect the dots. |
Another happy member of the Salvation magnetic bearing fan club. I keep thinking it can't get better and it does. I agree with Spirit in that the magnetic bearing added texture to the bass. I also feel it added some additional space to the sound stage and air around the performers in other words a better sense of the recording space. |
Spirit You have gone quite. Where are you in your cartridge quest. I have had an Ortofon Winfield PW on my salvation/terminator rig for about a month. I keep thinking it can't get any better and then it does. All it takes is money. As my journey through this audio hobby progresses I am drawn more and more to enthusiast like Vic who are talented and are making equipment because they love it not to make bundles of money. It is satisfying because I believe I am getting a turntable in this case, that is on the edge of state of the art at a very reasonable price and I have something that is very unique. The down side although minimal in my opinion is that the TT and arm have an industrial look, the setup take some getting used to, putting records on and off take a little extra concentration and the resale market could be limited versus a mainstream manufacturer. Minor drawbacks in by opinion when you hear the music it produces. Grover Huffman seems to fall in this same category and I intend to audition some of his cables soon. |
I received and installed the magnetic feet. I have only listened to a couple of LP's. My preliminary impression is that they move the performance of the Salvation/Terminator up another level, enhanced dynamics, imaging and maybe a little deeper sound stage. Definitely not edgy and I have a pretty neutral system with Ortofon Winfield cartridge and Martin Logan Summit speakers. I will provide further impressions as I get some more experience. |
I am pretty sure Vic is not an advocate of clamping but I to am curious and would like to hear if anyone has tried it and their opinion. Dentdog, I appears you live in Atlanta, I live up the road in Rome. We both have the Salvation/Terminator but the rest of our systems appear to be very different. Perhaps we should get together and have a listen to each others system. Do you have the magnetic feet? I have not taken the plunge yet, still waiting for a little more feedback. |
Spirit - Thank you for your reply. You are correct it is a no brainer, I have been very pleased with my progression through Vic's arm and TT developments and the cost of the Mag feet is very reasonable especially for this hobby. If pressed I would describe my system as neutral (you can see the components here on Agon). Which brings me to my questions to you; Why do you think the mag feet make a system more edgy? Did you think the mag bearing did the same? |