Ed’s System

[bart]

Originally Posted by For The Love of Music

Since I decided to put U-Turns Orbit upstairs, I took advantage of Amazon and exchanged this for the Orbit Special.

The Special comes with a Ortofon 2M Red cartridge, tone arm cue, and a solid walnut plinth - it is a step up from the Orbit.

Unpacking and repacking under 10 minutes, the drop off at a UPS is simple as scanning my phone, and done.

It’s sitting on the HRS platform with Stillpoint Minis sandwiched in between, I may try replacing with Ultra SS later this week.

The Kuzma Stabi R should be 2-2.5 weeks out from and man I can’t wait, but this does soften the blow.

Ed, congrats!
This is a really nice turntable.
At its price, in fact a no brainer.
1/10th of a top speaker cable...

Enjoy!
I'm looking forward to your impressions with the Kuzma.

[For The Love of Music]

Originally Posted by bart

Ed, congrats!
This is a really nice turntable.
At its price, in fact a no brainer.
1/10th of a top speaker cable...

Enjoy!
I'm looking forward to your impressions with the Kuzma.

Thank you Bart, I’ll be here to share!

[For The Love of Music]

Holy Smokes, I was saving this for my new table, but couldn’t help myself:

UHQR pressing of Jimi Hendrix’s Axis Bold as Love.

Pressed and packaged like no
other that I have seen. It is quality through and through and shows what a good pressing can deliver.

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[audioguy3107]

Originally Posted by For The Love of Music

Holy Smokes, I was saving this for my new table, but couldn’t help myself:

UHQR pressing of Jimi Hendrix’s Axis Bold as Love.

Pressed and packaged like no
other that I have seen. It is quality through and through and shows what a good pressing can deliver.

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I listened to mine about 2 weeks ago, sounds pretty awesome. What do you think compared to your digital front end?

- Buck

[For The Love of Music]

Originally Posted by audioguy3107

I listened to mine about 2 weeks ago, sounds pretty awesome. What do you think compared to your digital front end?



- Buck

Two very different systems and happy with both. It’s easy to see both are source dependent, that’s the trick in all this.

After a crash course of Analog, with fun filled weeks playing with U-Turn Orbit Special and three MM cartridges the countdown is now underway; the Kuzma Stabi R with its 4point 9 arm and Kuzma 40 MC cartridge left Slovania today coming into Los Angeles, then north up to Seattle - I’m Excited!

Stay Tuned [emoji1733]

[audioguy3107]

Originally Posted by For The Love of Music

Two very different systems and happy with both. It’s easy to see both are source dependent, that’s the trick in all this.

After a crash course of Analog, with fun filled weeks playing with U-Turn Orbit Special and three MM cartridges the countdown is now underway; the Kuzma Stabi R with its 4point 9 arm and Kuzma 40 MC cartridge left Slovania today coming into Los Angeles, then north up to Seattle - I’m Excited!

Stay Tuned [emoji1733]

Actually I meant the Hendrix LP...we’ve both heard it a million times.....what do you think of the UHQR vinyl vs. what you’ve heard from digital?

- Buck

[For The Love of Music]

Originally Posted by audioguy3107

Actually I meant the Hendrix LP...we’ve both heard it a million times.....what do you think of the UHQR vinyl vs. what you’ve heard from digital?



- Buck

The UHQR vinyl version is done so well that even includes the packaging - it checked every box and well worth the price of admission making this version the go to over the newly released Bernie SACD which I also have and like.

I can’t wait for AquaLung!

[For The Love of Music]

Prior to my Kuzma arriving in a couple of days, I decided to finalize the missing piece in my Digital to support the streaming and network portion - move the power feeding the modem, and switches and support on to it’s own circuit.

All network related items are away from my reference system located in what we call the mechanical room. My attitude is if it can be moved and does not belong, get it out - you will be surprised!

Other than not being on a dedicated circuit, everything was right; decent distribution plugged into a Shunyata outlet, with a plug in Defender conditioner that fed the linear power supplies feeding the switches, passive grounding, mechanical isolation and cabling but...

the receptacle was on the house panel, which allowed noise that you would not realize until you pull it out and give it its own receptacle.

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Now Furutech cabling goes from the breaker, in the sub panel that contains its own earth rods to a Furutech receptacle.

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Game changer!

Highly recommend to ensure you have considered power to your system, before the high cost power cables to your components; relatively low in cost, and high return on performance - in my book that’s a feat in high-end audio!

My Digital is dialed tight and now it’s time to sit back and enjoy what was made possible through effort, time and money. Thanks to Everyone!

Now I look forward to my new addition this week, changing my game of Analog!

[For The Love of Music]

Well the Kuzma Stabi R arrived today and it was a breeze to setup!

I did a bunch of homework in anticipation of this, and that proved to be a benefit - for me this was a situation I had to read the manual a few times, all on all it took about a hour and a half to setup and tweak. The longest part was watching the drops of oil drip into the ruby bearing sump, 35 in all.

The difference between this table with a MC cartridge and the U Turn Orbit Special with MM cartridge cannot be compared other than from the standpoint, the Orbit was my first love, albeit short lived, but will remain serving duty in the main part of the home.

With that being said, the Kuzma seriously opened things up between soundstage, noise floor and dynamics. The cartridge is wired with Nordost cabling to the DIN connector and from there is a Nordost tonearm cable into the phono, then down the line working together as a complete branded cable loom.

The internal motor is direct drive with the ability to adjust the speed, something I have not checked but from what I hear the factory is meticulous about this. Also, I love the ability to adjust the speeds and go between 33s and 45s at the push of a button, this just saves time! Power is fed through an IEC connection, with a mains power switch using a Nordost Blue Heaven power cable, with a 90 degree connector - this allowed it to fit perfectly in the space I have allotted. In this case, I chose an entry level cable as I have read some compelling statements why this can contribute points to the game of sound.

Right now the HRS M3X I had slated for the original Stabi S is not deep enough for the Kuzma Stabi R, so I repurposed this under the Boulder 508 Phono and used Stillpoints Ultra 6’s under the Kuzma and Ultra SS under the 508.

It’s hard to pin point any one specific but overall the sound is crazy good, and I am pretty proud getting this all together.

Playing Dean Martins, I dream of Dean makes one feel to pour a bourbon for two waiting for him to come off stage and join you for a drink, and this is after 2 hours of settling.

I am over the top fortunate to enjoy what I have put together and welcome all to enjoy!

Here are some photos:

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[SL1800]

Congrats Ed. I’m sure you will enjoy your system even more now, options in play are a good thing.