LVX - A potentially good medium mass tonearm this one, but the headshell socket is a definite weak point as the clamping bolt was always overtightened by Linnie dealers trained to do such things and the socket works loose with disastrous sonic results. By now, many LVV's will be shagged and possibly too frail for AO Johnnie to properly service - may be worth asking him. Just stick to AT's, Stanton 681EEE, Shures with damper fitted and high compliance Ortofons (2M red/Blue, 520-540 and OM20 - OM40 for example and probably mid priced Nagaoka's too ). ![]() Trying to use a cartridge with lower compliance and higher cost will not be an economic thing I feel with this arm. ![]() Also, the thin rubber ring around the headshell plug is there for a genuine reason and shouldn't be discarded, not on this arm at any rate. Just sticking a more rigid shell on *can* make it worse in this particular application, as I found to my cost. ![]() The LVV is fine with many medium compliance cartridges and in fact the lightweight jelco shell it came with breaks up resonances in the structure very well. As you lot should know by now, I sold all of the basiks and used the LVV at home on an LP12 for a while in between Ittoks.
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