I don't know your TT and phono pre, but at 10 hours my 17D3 (with a Nottingham Spacedeck and Dynavector P-75 II) was a bit on the aggressive side. It got fractionally better over the next 20 or so and then started to relax noticeably. By 50 hours, it was, I guess you could say, singing. It's a very fast, but musical cartridge, worth the wait and very worth the asking price. My two cents. Good listening!
how long of a break in for 17d3
Just got the cart got about 10 hours on it its pretty forward and hard sounding. most of the time the carts sound pretty good out of the box but this guy is compressed and not relaxed. table sme 10 cat ultimate pre . anybody know how long before she will start to sing? and has any body had this experiece with a new 17d3