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New Delos cart

I just mounted my new Delos cart on my new VPI Scoutmaster II. The cart sounds a little bright and more forward compared to what I'm used to. Will this brightness subside over time, or is that the way this cart will sound? If it will essentially stay the same, does it's more sophisticated brothers (Kelos/Skala) have a more mellow sound? All I have read says the Delos sounds as good or better than it's more expensive counterparts.
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mofimadness
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Since I actually own a Delos, I'll chime in. Mine was a little bright right out of the box. After about 50 hours, it smoothed out and after 100 hours or so...WOW!

It does NOT have a "clear rising treble", that's just BS.

Give it some time, make sure you are tracking it 1.75 grams of VTF and it is setup correctly. I found that a load of 100ohms worked best in my system.

It's an amazing cartridge.
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Dconsmack...please supply a graph of this. Everything I have ever seen on this cartridge, shows a pretty flat response all the through. Prove it. +7db is quite a lot.
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Jonathan...as always THANK YOU for your info. It's a pleasure to have you on here.

...and thanks for designing excellent cartridges for all of us vinyl fans!
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