Ortofon 2M Red and Denon 110 Is there a big difference in sound quality??


I currently own a U-Turn Basic TT with an Ortofon 2M RED. I am considering changing to a Denon 110 high output moving coil. I have checked with the U-Turn customer service which claims the Denon 110 would be a very good match. I use a Moon 110LP with a CJ PV-14SE line stage 

The Ortofon sounds good and better than expected. I had a 2M Blue a few years ago on a Rega P3-24 table and did not like it  because the cartridge picked up too much surface noise which the RED does not. . Even though,,I have a modest LP collection, I think I am missing several things with the Ortofon, like better sound staging and separation of instruments.  

sunnyjim

Showing 3 responses by mofimadness

@chakster ...couldn’t be that your touting these cartridges because you have them for sale? The links are clearly to your ads on another site. Shame on you...
@chakster ...I was an Audio Technica dealer for many years and currently own quite a few AT carts, including all that you mention above and more. So, I’m pretty familiar with the sound and performance. I agree, they are indeed very good.

My point was that it looked like, (or read like, to me) that you were talking up these carts because you have them for sale. The forum is not a place for selling personal items, it's actually against forum rules.

Sorry for the discourse...
You don't have to buy anything to read and learn more about some nice cartridges. I wish everyone could do the same on audiogon, not just a plain text.  
You can NOT link from the forum to sale ads.  You could accomplish the same thing, (i.e. information gathering) by linking to reviews, factory specs, discussions, etc.  Please abide by the rules.  All the rest of us do, (well, we try to anyway).