2° Salon HiFi de Bruxelles les 9 et 10 novembre 2024

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platine à galet avec bras Ikeda 407... 

à propos  de l'intérêt d'un bras Ikeda 407 et de cette platine LP à galet vue sur le salon, 
un exemple +-comparable : "I have new Garrard 301 (oil bearing) with an Ikeda IT-407 arm and a Shelter 501 cartridge. The plinth is made of 7 laminations of Finnish birch plywood, as the previous design 
After several grease bearing versions, it is my first oil 301 and it works perfect!
As you can imagine, an excellent arm makes the difference. I encourage our friends to have a look to Ikeda, the concept is very close to the very well regarded Fidelity Research FR66."
.....because of my new SPU "rebuild by J.Allaerts", I was considering all possibilities of 12' arms like the Ortofon RMG 309, the Fidelity Research FR66 or the Ikeda IT 407, all arms capable of balancing the 32 g SPU headshell.. After several tests, I'm very happy with an Ikeda/Shelter duo !! .. this set-up sounds natural, with rich tonal colors, elegance, and on the top of that, the soundstage is transparent and focused with great precision... the Shelter 501 does everything I expect from a cartridge exceptionally well.. of course there is room for improvement as the 501 is a low cost (!) in the Shelter range
For the Ikeda setup, I used a Loefgren protractor, cartridge stayed a little bit offset on the cartridge slots (not parallel with head shell) for the correct mounting distance and alignment, it's so important !
The Ikeda IT-407 12" arm is just fantastic, in short, it has become my favorite arm (with the crazy expensive Schroeder)
......I'm a real Garrard fan and this high end arm shows me the potential of that turntable.
The Ikeda 407 is very close to the FR66 and especially fits cartridges with a stiff cantilever (Shelter, DL103,..)
I have now side-by-side a 301 with a SME3012 and this new 301 with the Ikeda.. the differences are very important : imaging, clarity, precision, impression to get the record as it is."
on dirait sans doute +- la même chose pour un FR66 ou autres FR qui sont dans la même lignée..