Just found this thread and have to say, the ONLY turntable I've owned since 1984 is a ReVox B791. My cartridge then, and still, is an Ortofon VMS20E and I've found new styli for it in the last few years.
I used to cut master lacquers for vinyl in the late 70s to early 80s and wanted to play vinyl exactly as they were cut. I've had my 791 serviced a couple of times by a great ReVox tech in Nashville. The servo drive of the cartridge is absolutely brilliant and, since there isn't any groove distortion, everything I play on it sounds great.
The Ortofon cartridge feeds a Graham Slee preamp into my RME AD/DA interface. I've used this combo many times to create digital masters for old clients who lost their master tapes, but still have 'test-pressings' that were never played. With a minimal amount of de-click processing, the files are good enough to make CD masters, yet still have that great sound of vinyl.
I used to cut master lacquers for vinyl in the late 70s to early 80s and wanted to play vinyl exactly as they were cut. I've had my 791 serviced a couple of times by a great ReVox tech in Nashville. The servo drive of the cartridge is absolutely brilliant and, since there isn't any groove distortion, everything I play on it sounds great.
The Ortofon cartridge feeds a Graham Slee preamp into my RME AD/DA interface. I've used this combo many times to create digital masters for old clients who lost their master tapes, but still have 'test-pressings' that were never played. With a minimal amount of de-click processing, the files are good enough to make CD masters, yet still have that great sound of vinyl.