Choice of riaa and pickup - Norway callin'


Hi!

I have bought myself a Eat Forte S turntable. Its fitted with a Project 12 inch evo carbon arm. Arm mass is 10,5 grams. In 2014 I plan to upgrade to a better arm, such as a Graham Phantom Supreme.

I have been looking at various amps and pickups, and I am now focusing on Parasound JC3 and ASR Mini Basis mk3 for the amps, and Lyra Delos, Ortofon Cadenza Bronze, Dynavector XX-2 mkII or ZYX R100/R1000.

I am looking for neutral sound with body and soul.

My equipment are Wilson Audio Sophia 2, Burmester 082, Burmester 061, Revox B78 mk2, Nordost Thor, etc.

Any thoughts about the products and matching would be very much appreciated.

Cheers Toffen
toffeng

Showing 1 response by markmendenhall

just bought the Ortofon Cadenza bronze which replaced a Benz micro H2 high output MC cartridge - the Cadenza bronze provides improvement in all areas I loved about the Benz: tight, full and musical bass, excellent soundstaging in all three directions, tremendous detail and clarity, plus it is very very dynamic; this is a showstopper of a phono cartridge that is extremely quiet and matches really well with my Cary PH-302 vacuum tube phono pre amplifier, which I can now play in the MC setting -- given the two cartridges sell for close to the same retail price, the nod unquestionably goes to the Ortofon, IMHO