further comments regarding Colibri questions;
Tafka Steve;
yes, Frank Peraino had some frustrations with his Colibri.
to explain, you need to understand that some Colibri's have very short cantelivers and then the canteliver is attached to very low hanging windings. not all arms can deal with the height required to raise the back enough to have proper clearance.
my Rockport has plenty of height adjustment as well as vaccuum hold down; so warped records don't cause any problem for me with that lack of clearance. the Colibri also tracks very lightly, 1.35--1.50 grams. so you have light tracking and very little clearance.
add to that issue the fact that the Colibri is soo on the edge that if one's taste runs to slightly warm; or the Lp's that you mainly listen to are already edgy.....the whole picture becomes marginal.
Frank finally sold his Colibri and bought my Clearaudio Insider Gold. just prior to this time Frank had 6 months of grief with a 'screwed up' Rockport Sirius II tt......so he just wanted to listen and not deal with any more hassel.
the 3 Colibri's i have owned were 2 different XCP's with .85mv output (one i still have which was the subject of my post) and my XGW .65mv output (which i also still have). an XCP means Polycarbonite body, copper windings and XGW means gold windings and mytlewood body. the 'X' means that it has an expanded mounting body......the first Colibri's were real featherweights and were difficult to get to work with most medium compliance arms. the 'x' series will work with most arms.
my two XCP's sounded identical......my post describes it. the XGW is similar except there is less explosiveness and more a sense of ease. there is a little more bloom and organic color.....but only slightly more.
i only used my XGW for two weeks three years ago......i was addicted to the excitment of the XCP and could not live without it. it is a great sounding cartridge and is likely more synergistic with more systems than the XCP.
the more i think about the XGW.....i need to revisit it.
what i need is 34 hour days so i can answer posts and listen to vinyl. i wish i typed faster.
Tafka Steve;
yes, Frank Peraino had some frustrations with his Colibri.
to explain, you need to understand that some Colibri's have very short cantelivers and then the canteliver is attached to very low hanging windings. not all arms can deal with the height required to raise the back enough to have proper clearance.
my Rockport has plenty of height adjustment as well as vaccuum hold down; so warped records don't cause any problem for me with that lack of clearance. the Colibri also tracks very lightly, 1.35--1.50 grams. so you have light tracking and very little clearance.
add to that issue the fact that the Colibri is soo on the edge that if one's taste runs to slightly warm; or the Lp's that you mainly listen to are already edgy.....the whole picture becomes marginal.
Frank finally sold his Colibri and bought my Clearaudio Insider Gold. just prior to this time Frank had 6 months of grief with a 'screwed up' Rockport Sirius II tt......so he just wanted to listen and not deal with any more hassel.
the 3 Colibri's i have owned were 2 different XCP's with .85mv output (one i still have which was the subject of my post) and my XGW .65mv output (which i also still have). an XCP means Polycarbonite body, copper windings and XGW means gold windings and mytlewood body. the 'X' means that it has an expanded mounting body......the first Colibri's were real featherweights and were difficult to get to work with most medium compliance arms. the 'x' series will work with most arms.
my two XCP's sounded identical......my post describes it. the XGW is similar except there is less explosiveness and more a sense of ease. there is a little more bloom and organic color.....but only slightly more.
i only used my XGW for two weeks three years ago......i was addicted to the excitment of the XCP and could not live without it. it is a great sounding cartridge and is likely more synergistic with more systems than the XCP.
the more i think about the XGW.....i need to revisit it.
what i need is 34 hour days so i can answer posts and listen to vinyl. i wish i typed faster.