Analog expert Brooks Berdan always broke-in the cartridges he sold and installed on his customers’ arms, not letting them leave his shop "in the box". After running the cartridge for a certain number of hours, the cartridges suspension having been fully exercised and stabilized, he would then do the set-up all over again. That’s the right way to do things, but is uncommon.
How come only 1 or 2 cartridge makers offer a tune-up after run in?
I've had interest in super low output MC cartridges from Benz (TR-S) and ZYX (Ultimate Dynamic) but wonder why they don't offer a free tune-up service like VdH do? I've had a custom 0.18mV Colibri XCP for 2 years and it did sound better after the tune-up at 300hrs (as did the previous Colibris). Any comments on whether all carts carts would benefit from a tune-up after run in?
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