MoFi UltraDeck / StudioDeck Owners and those interested

r0ck33 said:
i was considering the bronze and maybe a matching mono before settling on the StudioDeck so very good to know that it doesn’t seem to be as good a match for the sound I’m looking for compared to the Opus. You’ll have to let me know what you think as you climb the Timbre line. I thought about going up one but read so many good things about the Opus that I figured I’d start there with the better price point. Excited to get this stuff in hand. Literally feel like a kid waiting for Christmas.
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I think most of us here agree the Opus is a pretty great value. Gives you shades of what some much higher end carts can offer. Moving Iron cartridges in general I find to be compelling listens.
 
Beatlesblogger said:
The MoFi arm does have a detachable headshell,
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Thanks for the info. Does seem a bit tedious, but if I can find a spare headshell and mount a mono version of the cart I decide to go with… Probably just better for me to save up for an UltraDeck or 2nd StudioDeck and make one my mono setup. I’ll be listening to more mono than stereo if the rebuild of my jazz collection goes well.
 
HiFi Guy said:
@AnthonyI makes a valid point- this coming from a 57 year old Technics owner.

The Shure will work great on a Technics should you decide to go that route.
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The Shure V15 III is made for low to low/medium mass arms from all I’ve seen. I think the MoFi arm is pretty high mass. There is also the issue with loading it. Needs at least 400 and it’s not optional in my experience. The PM6007 won’t cut it, so an outboard phono that can load it correctly will be needed.

That is a great cart though! Can’t wait to get mine back on a table some day.
 
Slimwhit33 said:
Of course same issue with the PM6007 as it only handles MM carts.
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I have a parasound I have never used and can’t remember the model number of. Maybe able to incorporate that as well. Disappointing to hear that the PM6007 won’t have enough ass in it. Would the PM7000N’s extra 15wpc make a difference?
 
r0ck33 said:
I have a parasound I have never used and can’t remember the model number of. Maybe able to incorporate that as well. Disappointing to hear that the PM6007 won’t have enough ass in it. Would the PM7000N’s extra 15wpc make a difference?
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It’s not about the power, it’s the phono stage specifically not having enough adjustability to load the Shure properly.
 
This is becoming less intriguing as I hear the cha-ching of the cash register roll. Maybe the v15 just becomes a casualty as I purge out my vintage gear then. I need to pull out the parasound I have to see if it can be of any use.
 
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kvetcha said:
It’s not about the power, it’s the phono stage specifically not having enough adjustability to load the Shure properly.
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I thought the Shure was a MM and that MC carts were what needed more load. Again, I’m a novice here and merely trying to figure this all out. I think my Parasound is a ZPhono XRM but would need to confirm. If it is, that should allow for the 400 or more load necessary?
 
r0ck33 said:
I thought the Shure was a MM and that MC carts were what needed more load. Again, I’m a novice here and merely trying to figure this all out. I think my Parasound is a ZPhono XRM but would need to confirm. If it is, that should allow for the 400 or more load necessary?
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That should do the job. I believe @Slimwhit33 is referring to capacitive loading - the input load on the Parasound is 150pF, so a good meter long high capacitive interconnect (like, say this Canare Star Quad) between the turntable and the phono stage should get you over the threshold.
 
HiFi Guy said:
You can also get high capacitance RCA cables. Morrow Audio comes to mind.
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Good point. The further you go up the Morrow line, the higher capacitance… I used to run the V15 III with the high capacitance SME tonearm cable and have my phono pre set to 400. I was likely somewhere in the 6-700 range.
 
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r0ck33 said:
Looks like I have more research to do since I’m lost on what we’re talking about now. 🙃
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Capacitance is a weird one. Some carts are more sensitive to it than others, but most phono stages don’t allow you to adjust it independently, so it’s something you basically have to sort out with cabling. Too much can make your high frequencies roll off. Too little can make the high-end shrill and exaggerated.
 
kvetcha said:
but most phono stages don’t allow you to adjust it independently
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I checked what I have and it’s the Parasound ZPhono USB. I’m assuming I’ll still need some sort of low capacitance cables between this and the table to make the Shure v15 a viable option. Would this be worthwhile compared to just using the Marantz PM6007 with the StudioDeck with Opus 3?
 
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