I would not say it is one side or the other. Too many variables.
Only a comparison of the two via listening and looking at what has been done in the specific cartridge in hand... some measurements, and then look at the two points as a set..and then spread it across a few people of reasonable balanced thinking... then... we might have an average of some sort.
Anything else tends to be in error. As in, black and white does not exist --It’s just a desire in the mind, essentially...a human frailty.
The bigger problem is... if it is vintage... there is no way to obtain an original -in original condition- to do the comparison with. And many other possible scenarios of unfolding complexity.
Only a comparison of the two via listening and looking at what has been done in the specific cartridge in hand... some measurements, and then look at the two points as a set..and then spread it across a few people of reasonable balanced thinking... then... we might have an average of some sort.
Anything else tends to be in error. As in, black and white does not exist --It’s just a desire in the mind, essentially...a human frailty.
The bigger problem is... if it is vintage... there is no way to obtain an original -in original condition- to do the comparison with. And many other possible scenarios of unfolding complexity.