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by **vintage_dog** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 10:15 am

Yes, be the first to audition this masterpiece by a true DIYer, MandyM. A true labor of love and pinoy ingenuity. Fully tested and tweaked over several months. This has been compared to more expensive tonearms and has the bass weight, clarity and impact of a true high-end analog system.

Listen and believe!

(saturday, 2pm at my place)

by **ichabod** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 10:53 am

Shriver me timbers! "Kamagong" wood for a tonearm? Let's see it. How I'd love that on an AR platter. Hmmmmmm..... intriguing!

by **vintage_dog** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:20 am

This you shouldn't miss:

- Hand-made wooden (kamagong) tone-arm with Grado wood MM cartridge and AR turntable.

- Bottlehead's SEDUCTION (suprise!) tube phonostage

- 'tono' preamp

- WS 300B amp

- Kamagong-finished Fostex mini-Voigt (another surprise!!)

An ALL-DIY set-up!!!

by **vintage_dog** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:28 am

sign-up if you are joining us...

by **arnel90** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:39 am

count me in sir vintage

by **vintage_dog** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 12:25 pm

confirmed coming:
1. mandym
2. vintage_dog
3. arnold
4. mickey
5. JM
6. arnel90
7. joel (setup2)

by **iceman90a** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 1:15 pm

vintage_dog wrote:confirmed coming:
1. mandym
2. vintage_dog
3. arnold
4. mickey
5. JM
6. arnel90
7. joel (setup2)

8. iceman90a

by **Superman** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 1:33 pm

iceman90a wrote:
vintage_dog wrote:confirmed coming:
1. mandym
2. vintage_dog
3. arnold
4. mickey
5. JM
6. arnel90
7. joel (setup2)

8. iceman90a

9. superman

by **vintage_dog** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 1:36 pm

if time permits (and owners willing), we will have a friendly shoot-out with:

- Clearaudio TT of JM
- Michell TT
- Thorens TT

by **arnoldc** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 1:41 pm

the proposed shoot out will not provide a conclusive comparison, as they are all entirely different. if we are to "find out" if the DIY arm is superior to commercial ones, then only the arm should be the variable.

"a friendly shootout" i take with a drum of salt...

by **vintage_dog** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 1:45 pm

arnoldc wrote:the proposed shoot out will only provide a conclusive comparison, as they are all entirely different. if we are to "find out" if the DIY arm is superior to commercial ones, then only the arm should be the variable.

"a friendly shootout" i take with a drum of salt...

the friendly "shoot-out" is among different analog set-ups NOT the tonearms alone. hope this clarifies. in other words, i'm curious how the AR/Kamagong/Grado would compare with Thorens/Grado set-up or the more expensive Michell/RB300/DL103

by **iceman90a** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 2:10 pm

Sir Arnoldc - hope you could bring some rock LP's, if you have Whitesnake's "Slip of the tongue" (with Steve Vai on guitar) that would be great!

kapal ba?

by **arnoldc** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 2:51 pm

iceman, bawal kina francis ang mga music ko, har har har har

by **Patman** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 2:57 pm

Superman wrote:
iceman90a wrote:
vintage_dog wrote:confirmed coming:
1. mandym
2. vintage_dog
3. arnold
4. mickey
5. JM
6. arnel90
7. joel (setup2)

8. iceman90a

9. superman

I am in also but note sure if I'll be there exactly at 2pm. Baka around 3pm.

Patrick P.

by **Hyperion** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 12:13 pm

Wish I could go but I can't. Have fun guys!

by **vintage_dog** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 3:27 am

Hyperion wrote:Wish I could go but I can't. Have fun guys!

we surely had a lot of fun! thanks to the DIYer par excellence - mandy!

all i can say - that kamagong tonearm is truly a labor of love (really lot's of it), and far exceeded my expectations!

pics to follow...

by **iceman90a** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 7:03 am

Ang galing!!

Kudos to MandyM for the patience and craftsmanship to make that...
Thank you to Sir Francis for again being a gracious host...
To the guys I met - it was a pleasure to meet you...

my loss that i had to leave early for pressing matters (magpaplantsa pa ako eh...)

by **Superman** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 8:39 am

hi guys!

i'm sure you had a great time...istorbo talaga ang trabaho...we finished our meeting 11:00pm na...waaaahhhh! :cry:

by **vintage_dog** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 8:46 am

although mandy could only stay 10 hours (while wife and child were at the town center), some guys continued on and tried the Denon DL103 on a Thorens 160 super and A-Bed the Peerless and Tamura step-ups...session ended 2am...

thanks guys...

to mandy, of course! we had fun...very nice tonearm and analog set-up indeed
to ambel...bringing the original, rare, expensive ($1100) WE 300b tubes and his DIY preamp!...
to arnold...helping in setting-up the TT early PM...sayang you missed the other goodies we tried...
to joel...for the chips, and helping set-up the DL103 on the thorens...
to JM...thanks for the Tamura step-ups :-)

to Mickey...for allowing us to use the Clearaudio cartridge alignment tool for the Denon DL103 ;-)

to ayie,
edrich,
ed, and
vince...for lending their ears and keeping us company... :-)

by the way, all throughout the 14-hour session, only ONE AMP was used (with flying colors)--
The Wiredstate tono 300B amp (prototype)!!!....

by **Hyperion** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 11:07 am

Did you take any pictures of the arm? Patingin naman.

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