"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
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"max graff" wrote in message
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Hi guys,

I have had my adorable Project Debug III fitted with the Ortofon OM
5E. I am planning on moving up the ladder.

After reading rave reviews of the 2M Red I am thinking of buying one.
Its $120 here in Australia which is around my price range.

The only concern I have is if my turntable and tonearm (project 8.6)
will be handle this upgrade.

Any tips?

**You shouldn't experience any problems. I would only be concerned with
the fitting of an MC cart to that arm.

Why?

**MC carts require either a significantly well damped arm, or one with
extremely rigid arm tube and well constructed bearings. The one exception,
IME, has been a carbon fibre arm, which appears to possess adequate internal
damping. For the record: The venerable Rega RB300 is entirely suitable for
MC (and MM) carts.

Trevor Wilson

On Oct 29, 8:06 am, "Trevor Wilson"
wrote:
"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message

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In article , Trevor Wilson
wrote:

"max graff" wrote in message
roups.com...
Hi guys,

I have had my adorable Project Debug III fitted with the Ortofon OM
5E. I am planning on moving up the ladder.

After reading rave reviews of the 2M Red I am thinking of buying one.
Its $120 here in Australia which is around my price range.

The only concern I have is if my turntable and tonearm (project 8.6)
will be handle this upgrade.

Any tips?

**You shouldn't experience any problems. I would only be concerned with
the fitting of an MC cart to that arm.

Why?

**MC carts require either a significantly well damped arm, or one with
extremely rigid arm tube and well constructed bearings. The one exception,
IME, has been a carbon fibre arm, which appears to possess adequate internal
damping. For the record: The venerable Rega RB300 is entirely suitable for
MC (and MM) carts.

Trevor Wilson- Hide quoted text -

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Thanks Trev.

"max graff" wrote in message
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On Oct 29, 8:06 am, "Trevor Wilson"
wrote:


**MC carts require either a significantly well damped arm, or one
with
extremely rigid arm tube and well constructed bearings. The one
exception,
IME, has been a carbon fibre arm, which appears to possess adequate
internal
damping. For the record: The venerable Rega RB300 is entirely
suitable for
MC (and MM) carts.

Trevor Wilson- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thanks Trev.


The trick is not to let Trevor's *scary talk* put you off too much - I
believe (but don't really *know*) that most modern, 'real world' carts
are aimed pretty much at 'medium everything' these days and that it's
unlikely you'll have trouble fitting a cart to almost any tonearm!

Always ready to be *put right*, of course...

After reading rave reviews of the 2M Red I am thinking of buying one.
Its $120 here in Australia which is around my price range.

Why has this group been taken over by a bunch of Aussies? You have your
own newsgroup, aus.hi-fi, and you're literally on the other side of the
planet, so, just, WHY?

It's not even like your message was cross-posted to both groups! You're
in oz-land, yet you deliberately just posted to uk.rec.audio. WHY?

You're not necessarily unwelcome; I am just genuinely confused about the
recent huge influx of aussies here.

The only concern I have is if my turntable and tonearm (project 8.6)
will be handle this upgrade.

Any tips?

My 'tip' of choice is that of the Sumiko Blue Point Special Evo III. Sounds
verrry nice. But it's "nude" with all the ultra-thin coil wiring very exposed
and one false move and it's 250 GBP down the toilet. I'm on my third for that
reason. Oops.


Martin
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M.A.Poyser Tel.: 07967 110890
Manchester, U.K. http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=fleetie

"Fleetie" wrote in message
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After reading rave reviews of the 2M Red I am thinking of buying one.
Its $120 here in Australia which is around my price range.

Why has this group been taken over by a bunch of Aussies? You have
your
own newsgroup, aus.hi-fi, and you're literally on the other side of
the
planet, so, just, WHY?


Because, deep down, all Aussies are still 'Brits at heart' - albeit
descended from low-life, 'East End' criminal scum!! :-)



It's not even like your message was cross-posted to both groups!
You're
in oz-land, yet you deliberately just posted to uk.rec.audio. WHY?


Because there is no-one in the Land Of The Waller B who know a bloody
thing about *audio*...!! ;-)



You're not necessarily unwelcome; I am just genuinely confused about
the
recent huge influx of aussies here.


Think yourself lucky (by comparison) - we're getting Poles and Rumanians
here, now....

"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Fleetie" wrote in message
...
After reading rave reviews of the 2M Red I am thinking of buying
one.
Its $120 here in Australia which is around my price range.

Why has this group been taken over by a bunch of Aussies? You have
your
own newsgroup, aus.hi-fi, and you're literally on the other side of
the
planet, so, just, WHY?


Because, deep down, all Aussies are still 'Brits at heart' - albeit
descended from low-life, 'East End' criminal scum!! :-)



It's not even like your message was cross-posted to both groups!
You're
in oz-land, yet you deliberately just posted to uk.rec.audio. WHY?


Because there is no-one in the Land Of The Waller B who know a bloody
thing about *audio*...!! ;-)



Scrub all that - one of 'ems just lobbed a 500 quid bid on me Trio effem
chooner!*

(*Salt of the earth* those Aussies!! ;-)


*Didn't get it though - looks like it's gone to someone who wants to
collect, thank Gawd!!

It's for all those pearls of wisdom that cannot be found anywhere else --
you know, like all CD players costing more than 1.75 GBP sound alike, all
cables sound alike, etc., etc.






Fleetie wrote:
After reading rave reviews of the 2M Red I am thinking of buying one.
Its $120 here in Australia which is around my price range.

Why has this group been taken over by a bunch of Aussies? You have
your
own newsgroup, aus.hi-fi, and you're literally on the other side of
the planet, so, just, WHY?