Nude Dynavector
Posted by: John K R on 25 February 2003
Has anyone else done this modification and found any improvements?
After reading on another forum about the sonic benefits of removing the plastic body of the Dynavector 10X4MK-2 I got to work (carefully) with my pliers and soon my cartridge was nude (and looking fragile) but other designs are open so no problem.
The problem started when attempting to balance the Itok LVII to set the tracking weight, the cartridge is just not heavy enough without the plastic cover. I added a spare pair of mounting nuts but still not enough weight.
Do I ignore the lack of weight and balance the arm first by increasing the tracking weight until the arm is horizontal and then add this to the normal tracking weight?
Add mass to the headshell end somehow (more extra nuts, blue tack?)
Forget the idea and refit the cover.
Any ideas? John.
After reading on another forum about the sonic benefits of removing the plastic body of the Dynavector 10X4MK-2 I got to work (carefully) with my pliers and soon my cartridge was nude (and looking fragile) but other designs are open so no problem.
The problem started when attempting to balance the Itok LVII to set the tracking weight, the cartridge is just not heavy enough without the plastic cover. I added a spare pair of mounting nuts but still not enough weight.
Do I ignore the lack of weight and balance the arm first by increasing the tracking weight until the arm is horizontal and then add this to the normal tracking weight?
Add mass to the headshell end somehow (more extra nuts, blue tack?)
Forget the idea and refit the cover.
Any ideas? John.
John,
my Dynavector is shown below, and just look at how fragile those lead-out wires are.
Are yours as thin?
cheers, Martin
E-mail:- MartinPayne at Dial.Pipex.com
my Dynavector is shown below, and just look at how fragile those lead-out wires are.
Are yours as thin?
cheers, Martin
E-mail:- MartinPayne at Dial.Pipex.com