Thanks, in fact was looking at the at-art9 and willkep that in mind. Really appreciate. I am all sorted with amps (Mola Mola Kalugas), and speaker is a different ball game...will take couple of years to get there.
Help with Cartridge choice
Fellow audiophiles, my first time posting here and I will appreciate your help in choosing the right cartridge as part of my broader journey to put together an end game system. My upgrade path may not be very logical because it is opportunistic.
I use an old Pro-Ject Perspective turntable from early 2000s with the 9" aluminium arm (not the carbon one). I will make a significant upgrade in next couple of years but thats what i have for now.
I recently bought a Zesto Andros II phono stage to match my Zesto Leto 1.2 pre.
For now I am trying to upgrade from my Ortofon Bronze (MM) cartridge to something finer. Based on my research I am considering Hana ML ($1200). I have to stay below $1500. I have never used a MC or LOMC and not very analog savvy, and will appreciate any and all recommendations.
Thank you!
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Thank you all for your suggestions. Unfortunately for the older tonearm i cannot find the effective mass. I will ask Sumiko who might have this information. I will say that this tonearm design is bad - very easily gets off VTA. Perhaps I am trying to buy a good cartridge hoping that it can switch over to the new TT, but advice here seems to be to solve for now - in which case maybe i will do nothing at all until i am able to purchase the TT (looking at Origin Live Resolution with Illustrious Arm or Sparta 0.5). Then again i could buy an AT cartridge for some immediate sonic benefits and trade up when new TT comes along. Any additional perspectives welcome, and thanks to all who have contributed thus far. |
@artemus_5 - thank you, you already answered part of my question, which was about compatibility. One part of that is th ephonostage, which seems good here, the other is the tonearm mass, which i am not sure how to go about....
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Many great suggestions, thank you all. If my description of "not analog savvy" misled anyone, i should clarify that i have 100s of records collected over years, I do use a Nitty Gritty record cleaner and zero dust to clean, and i have used TTs for at least 15 years. Its just that I have not invested big money on the analog chain until now, while focusing on improving my digital/roon playback chain. Now i am trying to focus on the analog domain. Based on all the feedback I am aiming to do the following: - buy a HANA SL to gain some sonic benefits as well as to spend some money that i feel like spending :) - next year I will try to expedite an end game TT purchase and then upgrade to Hana ML thru the upgrade program. @rmdmoore thanks for the advice on Hana program @artemus_5 thanks for your perspective on Origin Live. Fremer seems to be a huge fan and i will be auditioning it next year along with Kronos Sparta, Merill Williams etc. I saw/heard the latter two at Cap Audio Fest a few weeks ago. - and when I upgrade i can keep the Pro-Ject Perspective TT for my basement system, as it is a visually stunning table and is a decent performer. Again many thanks to all for the help here, really appreciated.
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