Anyone Heard the New Soundsmith Sussurro Cartridge

Dear Dodgealum: ++++ " The whole audition was rather difficult since I was completely unfamiliar with the associated equipmen " +++++

++++ " I also listened briefly to the Strain Gauge following the Seriso. This was a very close call to my ears... " +++++

and IMHO that's why you heard so well that SG faulty system.

Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.

Dear Wurp: The SG does not conforms with the RIAA eq. with what almost every recording was made, so what reproduce is not what is in the recording but something different.

Slowlearner, first than all I'm a music lover and an audiophile. It is true that I have/own my self Phonolinepreamp design ( José and I. ) and that a few other people own it but I'm not on audio commercial business with.

My opinion on the subject is a simple/plain fact that IMHO I don't think that people who cares about music/audio need to hide it but to understand it.

Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.

Dear teres: Yes you are right: " not as accurately as you think is necessary ".

That is a nice and gentle way to say and " hide things " ( not on purpose ).

++++´" For the record I do not know if or how much the SG may deviate from the RIAA curve. " +++++

not much, according with Peter ( SG designer/builder. ): " only " a swing of 2 db from 50hz to 12khz, he does not say how much from 20hz to 50hz and for 12khz to 20khz that is the RIAA eq. standard frequency range ( 20hz to 20khz. ).

Btw, you can see here ( page 13. ) the SG RIAA eq. deviation graphic:
http://www.sound-smith.com/cartridges/article.pdf

Teres, this is only an opinion that has its foundation in facts not on subjective arguments.

As always could happen some opinions can be controversial. In this thread we have two or three opinions on the same cartridge ( Sussorro ) and in the same systems were the opinions are different, of course that those cartrridge opinions were a subjective ones where is more dificult to even opinions.

IMHO the good things on this forums comes normaly from controversy that normaly too almost always leave a learning line for almost all of us.

Teres, before I forgot and only for the record: here or in any other thread on the SG subject I never say/post that the cartridge sounds bad and you know why?: because IMHO that is not the main subject.
Anyway please digress and return to the Sussorro.

Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.

Dear Dcstep: +++++ " Raul's latest attack. " +++++

well I respect that opinion if is how you see it. For me a piece of paper that is white if somebody ask " which is the color of that piece of paper? ", my answer will be WHITE: this is a fact and the facts does not " attack " but say a true or disclousure a lier.

Btw, of what " attack " are you refering to?

Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.

Dear Kevin: and Panasonic too, all of them conform with the RIAA standard curve.

+++++ " Why the Soundsmith unit was not made to more closely conform to RIAA ........... I am not sure..." +++++

this subject is something that I " disclousure " elsewhere in this forum and because of that some people seen that like an " attack ". To say that does not conform with the RIAA curve or that at least is far from there is only a fact and that's all: like it or not.

Regards and enjoy the music,
raul.

Dear Dcstep: It is clear that for you white is not always white. Competitor?, I don't have any: why do you think that?. I always listen cartridges for my self.

You don't put my name in the post by " free " , did you?

Regards and enjoy the music,
raul.

Good, sorry for that.

Regards and enjoy the music,
raul.