MoFi UltraDeck / StudioDeck Owners and those interested

Pasu Leung said:
hey everybody,I am so happy to join the mofi family, I am a user who is considering replacing the original cartridge with hana sl。

Turntable: Studiodeck
Cartridge: Nagaoka MP-300
Amp: quad artera solus play & quad artera stereo
Phono: Teac PE-505
Phono cable : Van den hul the d-102iii
Speakers: Fyne Audio F500
Speaker Cable: inakustik ls-603
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Welcome, the Hana SL is my favorite cart to date and sounded great on my UltraDeck ;)
 
Pasu Leung said:
hey everybody,I am so happy to join the mofi family, I am a user who is considering replacing the Mp-300 with hana sl。
Is this Match with studiodeck?have any suggestions？

Turntable: Studiodeck
Cartridge: Nagaoka MP-300
Amp: quad artera solus play & quad artera stereo
Phono: Teac PE-505
Phono cable : Van den hul the d-102iii
Speakers: Fyne Audio F500
Speaker Cable: inakustik ls-603
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I have a Hana SL on my Ultradeck and its been a perfect union in my opinion. Absolutely in love with the thing.
 
I have a Ultradeck with a Master tracker cartridge . Its about a year old and I am happy with it but a replacement will likely be required in a year or so . Has anyone compared this cartridge with the Hana SL which appears to be getting good reviews .
 
Static Shock said:
I have a Ultradeck with a Master tracker cartridge . Its about a year old and I am happy with it but a replacement will likely be required in a year or so . Has anyone compared this cartridge with the Hana SL which appears to be getting good reviews .
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The MasterTracker is a very competent cartridge, but it’s a definite third place behind the SAE and SoundSmith on my system. I believe the SAE has some design commonalities with the Hana, at least older versions of it, though the SAE is a high output MC, so it’s closer to the Hana SH.
 
Pasu Leung said:
Thx,I am actually satisfied with the performance of mp-300, but want to try MC cartridge.
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I have both the MP-300 and the Hana SL, but on different decks than a MoFi. I love the sound of the Hana SL on my VPI Traveler, but found the MP-300 to be highly competitive when I upgraded to a Luxman PD-151 Mk2.
 
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whitey019 said:
Very nice. Makes me wish I had sprung for the UD rather than the SD. Although I'm very happy with the SD/OC9XSL combo, I always wonder.
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About a year ago I started with a Studiodeck which was a demo from the dealer . It had a lot of problems so returned it for the UD and I did notice quite a bit of difference as you would expect . After this I upgraded all my power cables in the system along with the two wall outlets and the RCA cable to the TT and I was very shocked with the improvement . I have always been leary about tweeks , but this worked for me .
 
First post... Hi everybody from winter in New Zealand!
Spent a great morning setting up my new Studiodeck and Studiotracker. Already running out of cleaned records to play.
Replaced 40 year old(!) Planar 3.
Next upgrades (as finances allow):
  1. Mofi dustlid
  2. Mofi heavyweight
  3. Audiotechnica tonearm lifter
  4. Phone preamp (Mofi?)
  5. Cartridge
  6. Stereo amp with HT bypass (NAD 399?)
Any idea why a standard cartridge alignment protractor would be way out for the B point? Is it because of the tonearm length?20230705_144421.jpg
 
Bucksy said:
First post... Hi everybody from winter in New Zealand!
Spent a great morning setting up my new Studiodeck and Studiotracker. Already running out of cleaned records to play.
Replaced 40 year old(!) Planar 3.
Next upgrades (as finances allow):
  1. Mofi dustlid
  2. Mofi heavyweight
  3. Audiotechnica tonearm lifter
  4. Phone preamp (Mofi?)
  5. Cartridge
  6. Stereo amp with HT bypass (NAD 399?)
Any idea why a standard cartridge alignment protractor would be way out for the B point? Is it because of the tonearm length?View attachment 176882
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Hello and welcome! Always fun to have a Kiwi around.

How far off is your B point? It may be as simple as the StudioDeck having a different default alignment than the protractor you’re using.
 
Bucksy said:
First post... Hi everybody from winter in New Zealand!
Spent a great morning setting up my new Studiodeck and Studiotracker. Already running out of cleaned records to play.
Replaced 40 year old(!) Planar 3.
Next upgrades (as finances allow):
  1. Mofi dustlid
  2. Mofi heavyweight
  3. Audiotechnica tonearm lifter
  4. Phone preamp (Mofi?)
  5. Cartridge
  6. Stereo amp with HT bypass (NAD 399?)
Any idea why a standard cartridge alignment protractor would be way out for the B point? Is it because of the tonearm length?View attachment 176882
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Welcome from a fellow commonwealth country on the far side of the world .

Did you solve your concern re point B on the alignment protractor . If you look at post 1,161 page 59 you will see a discussion on this subject and if you google cartridge alignment protractors for MOFI TT lots of information will come up .

Good luck .
 
Doh! Feel pretty stupid... I thought that when the needle lined up with one point, it would line up with the other if overhang was set correctly. Didn't realise that I needed to move the alignment protractor. Figured it out now.
Also, have installed AudioTechnica at6006r tonearm lifter: it's tiny, and fiddly to install, but is good quality and works smoothly and consistently (so far). Most difficult bit is remembering to reset it after each side.
 
Bucksy said:
Doh! Feel pretty stupid... I thought that when the needle lined up with one point, it would line up with the other if overhang was set correctly. Didn't realise that I needed to move the alignment protractor. Figured it out now.
Also, have installed AudioTechnica at6006r tonearm lifter: it's tiny, and fiddly to install, but is good quality and works smoothly and consistently (so far). Most difficult bit is remembering to reset it after each side.
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I use a tonearm lifter made in Canada called Truelift and I have to keep reminding myself to reset it so you are not the only one .
 
Bucksy said:
Doh! Feel pretty stupid... I thought that when the needle lined up with one point, it would line up with the other if overhang was set correctly. Didn't realise that I needed to move the alignment protractor. Figured it out now.
Also, have installed AudioTechnica at6006r tonearm lifter: it's tiny, and fiddly to install, but is good quality and works smoothly and consistently (so far). Most difficult bit is remembering to reset it after each side.
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I also use the Audio Technica safety raiser and love it. Once you make pressing it part of your routine it becomes second nature.
 
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kvetcha said:
I also use the Audio Technica safety raider and love it. Once you make pressing it part of your routine it becomes second nature.
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Funny how these lifters function along the same lines and look a bit different . Being a Canadian product I went with Truelift , picture below .
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Hi first post here. A StudioDeck owner.

I do have a question/query about the pivot to spindle distance of these tables. I know this was mentioned earlier in the thread, but there are a lot of pages and I haven't read them all yet, and I just don't remember where it was.

Two numbers were mentioned, namely 237.77mm and I think it was 236mm.

Now I asked Mofi about 3-4 years ago, and they told me 237.77, however it does make me wonder where 236mm comes from.
 
AndreasT said:
Hi first post here. A StudioDeck owner.

I do have a question/query about the pivot to spindle distance of these tables. I know this was mentioned earlier in the thread, but there are a lot of pages and I haven't read them all yet, and I just don't remember where it was.

Two numbers were mentioned, namely 237.77mm and I think it was 236mm.

Now I asked Mofi about 3-4 years ago, and they told me 237.77, however it does make me wonder where 236mm comes from.
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Apparently 236mm comes from both a member measuring their own table and a presentation by one of the sales directors at MoFi: MoFi UltraDeck / StudioDeck Owners and those interested
 
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