normb's System

hoping to move into new home/man cave audio room before Christmas.

- Ortofon Verismo
Diamond cantilever cartridge
- Ortofon ST-80 SE Moving Coil Step-up Transformer
Great match for the Verismo, and Cadenza.
- Quadratic MC-1 SUT
very nice SUT, great match for Benz-Micro Glider SL and Ortofon Cadenza Black.
- SME Series V
Upgraded by SME Canada w/ ceramic bearings, 1 meter continuous quad 34 AWG silver Litz wire.
- Thorens TD-125 mkII
Reconditioned by me.
- Maple Plinth
- Speed control board by Pat Pruitt
- New Bronze bushings
- Sapphire spindle thrust “pad”
- ceramic bearing at spindle end
- MNPC tech feet
- Apt Holman Preamplifier
Recapped/upgraded by Peter Williams of Quirk Audio
- Tektron TK2 50/45-300
20+ year old dealer sample (NO serial #), sounds AWESOME with 2A3 tubes (RCA black plate circa 1950), recapped by me (sme mfr) in vain attempt to rid it of a 120 Hz hum on 5 or 7.5 V settings.
- Schmidt Audio, Canada Ubiquitous V 2 speakers
early pre-production model.

https://schmidtaudio.ca/product-line

Recently replaced 8 inch driver and tweeter with:

- Fostex FE208EZ 8" Full Range Sigma Series

- Satori TW29BN-B-8 Beryllium Dome Tweeter

With good effect.
- Klipsch Heresy IV
Sounded SO much better than my previous Ohm 4 “omnis” but not as good as the Ubiquitous v.2’s
- Schmidt Audio, Canada SUBiquitous
10” subwoofer. Adds a few dB of tub-thumpin to the mix.

Cool speakers normb and a new brand to me they look like interesting omnis. But you need that man cave alright they need room to breathe!

jond June 22, 2024 02:30