Hello All - if given an option today which one would you choose to buy ?
AT-ART9XA vs AT-ART9
New Audio Technica ART9XA Up and Running.....
Just installed a new AT ART9XA cartridge and it sounds excellent, so enjoyable listening to music with this cartridge. It replaces a highly regarded LOMC that was an upgrade from my original ART9.
The ART9XA beats the "highly regarded" one.
The XA is the lower output air core version of the new ART9 series having .2 mv output vs. the new ART9XI with .5 mv.
The XA also has a shibata profile vs. the SLC of the XI.
Hat's off to the threads on this forum that started the legend of the ART9 (Pani and Oregon Pappa)
I am loving my recordings more than ever with the new XA. Peace.
The ART9XA beats the "highly regarded" one.
The XA is the lower output air core version of the new ART9 series having .2 mv output vs. the new ART9XI with .5 mv.
The XA also has a shibata profile vs. the SLC of the XI.
Hat's off to the threads on this forum that started the legend of the ART9 (Pani and Oregon Pappa)
I am loving my recordings more than ever with the new XA. Peace.
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Thanks @avanti1960 - I have EAR 834P phono which can easily do 68db on MC, which I think should be able to handle the XA. But my concern is again the Shibata stylus and not sure why they did that instead of SL My current cart is AT-OC9XSL and its amazing cart and wanted to upgrade and this was a obvious choice in AT, But the Shibata is something I am little skeptical about. Open for other suggestions |