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From: lrb@rrivax.rri.uwo.ca (Lance R. Bailey)
Newsgroups: rec.audio.high-end
Subject: Re: Oracle Delphi Mk.III
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Date: 11 Oct 90 12:50:04 GMT
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In article <6880@uwm.edu>, tasos@bucrf13.bu.edu (Anastasios Kotsikonas) writes...
> 
>I am thinking of buying a used Mk.III Delphi for $700. Can anyone tell
>me what the differences are between that and the latest version? Has
>anyone had any listening experience with this turntable? Do you think
>that the MMT Studio arm (apparently quite new) would be a good match?
i prefer the mkIII over the IV. i've had a III for about 2.5 years now and
am VERY happy with it. The SME IV arm (with the SME V interconnect cable)
is a good combination.

The IV has the following differences:
	o hard platter, not the traditional sticky mat of oracles
	o heavier clamp (now i thought that the clamping action was acheived
	  by the screw action, so the heavier clamp must 'centre' the mass)
	  [The old clamp flexed. -tjk]
	o AC motor (this might be an option only)

 i demoed the IV with a koestu black and a sme iv  through spectral pre and
power and logan CLS's.  (my usual is meitner and shinon, same speakers)
i found the IV to be very cold. the detail was much better on MARI (three
blind mice records) but i did not get the sense of presence that i am
used to on that recording.

to top it off, i think that the delphi III looks a lot better than the IV.

Lance R. Bailey, Systems Manager 
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