A fool and his money are soon parted.
Ortofon SPU Century, time to celebrate the heritage?
Ortofon has announced the release of the SPU Century to celebrate their 100th Anniversary. Suggested retailprice is $5k. Twice the price of the last Anniversary Edition - the SPU A95 - and part of the unfortunate price trend that already put the MC Century on the wrong side of $10k.
I was waiting for this release with some anticipation, but at that price I'm not joining the party. So why not celebrate the heritage instead and have a retrospective look at all the SPU's that have preceeded it. My own experience with SPU's so far is limited to the Classic GME mk2 and the A90. Sonically these two are worlds apart, making it hard to believe they belong to the same 'family'. So I'm really interested to find out how all the others - both vintage and current models - stack up.
I'm sure it's not the first time this question has been asked here, but what are your favorite SPU's and why?
I was waiting for this release with some anticipation, but at that price I'm not joining the party. So why not celebrate the heritage instead and have a retrospective look at all the SPU's that have preceeded it. My own experience with SPU's so far is limited to the Classic GME mk2 and the A90. Sonically these two are worlds apart, making it hard to believe they belong to the same 'family'. So I'm really interested to find out how all the others - both vintage and current models - stack up.
I'm sure it's not the first time this question has been asked here, but what are your favorite SPU's and why?