I have similar to say about my AT440ML.
Initially it was just too bright, highly resolving - but also too etched for my longer term listening.
Now by some 'magic' switching it back in after some quite time of a long hiatus, it sounds just right.
One explanation I do have is, that I had changed in the meantime to an even more resolving XLR IC from preamp to amp, a Madrigal HPC.
Intuitively, this ought to have made things worse, yet it made that previously perceived up-tilt now sound more natural, maybe better integrated...?
Also it is now one of my best sounding cartridges, this even when compared to my Cadenza Black used with SUT!
M. 🇿🇦
Initially it was just too bright, highly resolving - but also too etched for my longer term listening.
Now by some 'magic' switching it back in after some quite time of a long hiatus, it sounds just right.
One explanation I do have is, that I had changed in the meantime to an even more resolving XLR IC from preamp to amp, a Madrigal HPC.
Intuitively, this ought to have made things worse, yet it made that previously perceived up-tilt now sound more natural, maybe better integrated...?
Also it is now one of my best sounding cartridges, this even when compared to my Cadenza Black used with SUT!
M. 🇿🇦