I bought a London Maroon wired for mono as I had a spare deck. Mounted in a Naim Aro, effective mass 11g it worked very well with original mono records but on anything cut on a stereo lathe it tended to exit the groove in no uncertain manner. Now the spare deck was a Townshend Rock mk2 so I had another option. Adding the outrigger and trough of silicone has tamed it for just about any record I’ve tried it on.
London recommend an arm of 18 to 25g effective mass, adding the outrigger raised the Aro’s mass to around 16g and the damping took care of the rest.
I also have a n Artemis SA-1 with a Schröder Reference which, with the brass cartridge mounting plate can achieve an effective mass of 18g, enough to run an SPU Royal N on it, I’ve yet to try the London on this as I’m enjoying the SPU so much. The SPU runs into a Naim superline powered by a supercap power supply, the London into a stageline powered from the pre amp. The comparison between the two is interesting, using just mono records, some give better results on the SPU and some on the London and the latter are so good that I’m considering ordering a stereo version of the super gold or even the Reference, a decision that itself is proving difficult.
I think I remember Art Dudley mentioning in his column that he enjoyed a Maroon in a Rega 301 so the audiomods may be an option, possible with a bit of extra mass if it misbehaves
London recommend an arm of 18 to 25g effective mass, adding the outrigger raised the Aro’s mass to around 16g and the damping took care of the rest.
I also have a n Artemis SA-1 with a Schröder Reference which, with the brass cartridge mounting plate can achieve an effective mass of 18g, enough to run an SPU Royal N on it, I’ve yet to try the London on this as I’m enjoying the SPU so much. The SPU runs into a Naim superline powered by a supercap power supply, the London into a stageline powered from the pre amp. The comparison between the two is interesting, using just mono records, some give better results on the SPU and some on the London and the latter are so good that I’m considering ordering a stereo version of the super gold or even the Reference, a decision that itself is proving difficult.
I think I remember Art Dudley mentioning in his column that he enjoyed a Maroon in a Rega 301 so the audiomods may be an option, possible with a bit of extra mass if it misbehaves