I do agree, recently auditioned the TW Accustic Raven one, with a 12" ortofon arm and an SPU. Great deck, I bought it, but the cartridge was bright, hard, not for me at all
What are SPU cartridges?
Searching for info on what these are as part of my educational process. All I understand it that it is an older design and perhaps it had a built in transformer in the cartridge. Looks like Ortofon still makes them. Is this a cartridge to just use on vintage gear? Does is have viability on modern tonearm designs?