Posted by bill epstein [ 65.189.211.118 ] on September 06, 2006 at 06:19:13:

I'd been without vinyl 'cause of arm troubles. My SME had a stripped screw on the cage that holds the RCA's and as a result a headshell wire broke.

At about the same time I discovered that the importer of the KR Audio amp I had for review refurbishes SME arms as well as Thorens and Oracle tables.

So I sent him the arm.

Now it's back with 6 feet of Cardas wire that runs in one piece up through the arm to the headshell and terminated with Cardas RCA's.
I don't know about the "golden section" part of the wire alchemy but it's double shielded like Belden 1505 and I'm hearing a better defined soundstage with quieter backgrounds.

Pretty reasonable cost, $175, for me who can't see to thread the fishing line through the bias weight!

Replies:

• Re: Just got my SME arm back from re-wire. Hubba Hubba! - Wayne Parham 12:16:48 09/08/06 (3)
  • Re: Just got my SME arm back from re-wire. Hubba Hubba! - bill epstein 15:27:37 09/08/06 (2)
    • Re: Just got my SME arm back from re-wire. Hubba Hubba! - Wayne Parham 12:25:20 09/09/06 (0)
    • Re: Just got my SME arm back from re-wire. Hubba Hubba! - Russellc 20:42:39 09/08/06 (0)