Magic Diamond vs Airtight PC1?

Not sure what you mean by much press but Jonathan Valin has written at length about the Airtight and Mikey mentioned it in one of his recent reviews as well. I heard from another dealer who compared the Orpheus to the Airtight that the latter was the one to beat (for more money). Arm synergy, of course, is the wild card here.

Also, taste in sound?

Perhaps it's worth noting that both carts in question are distributed by Axiss. With that in mind I talked with Jaime, their analogue specialist today as I am also interested in upgrading my reference cartridge as well as selling them. He said that although he hadn't done a controled comparison, his sense was that the Magic Diamond was perhaps a bit more detailed with a little more extension and that the Airtight was possibly more "musical". Wayne Garcia characterized teh Magic Diamond as being unflappably refined but not as gutsy as the coarser Shelter 90x he was comparing it to, also distributed by Axiss.

Just talked with Lloyd Walker and he does have a PC1 but hasn't mounted it yet to compare it with the Magic Diamond. I'll be sure to hear about if and when he does and relay the results. He did say he heard nothing but good from it when he heard it on other systems. It has almost twice the output of the Magic Diamond and the Transfiguration Orpheus has almost half again more than that.

Hemisferick,

I'd also be curious about a comparison between the Dynavector and the Goldfinger.

Gadfly,

your conclusions are assumptions, however true they MIGHT be, and as such, you have "tagged" yourself. Let us know if and when you speak from experience as these others you so handily insult have done.