Dear Lewm: Forget that email. I will run to you tha pictures that Roy send me and this could help you that when you receive the cartridge you can compare it stylus with that of the picture.
In the other side and due that this Empire has a very high quality performance I think is wise to buy a NOS stylus replacement. Where yo buy it?, I can't say for sure but mine will be comes from that 166.00 seller.
Regards and enjoy the music, Raul. |
Dear Jazzgene: I never have the opportunity to hear that Grado cartridge but I like you and many other people know that the Grado's are something especial. I own two Grado cartridges and I like it very much, congratulations for yours.
Btw, many of the cartridge posts in this thread are in reference to MI cartridges and not only MM.
Regards and enjoy the music, Raul. |
Hi Raul,
Compared to the Sonata, the Statement have much much more detail and the high end is the best I heard. The mids are much more realistic and the bass is there but tight and an upright bass sounds just like how it sounded in the studio. It is quite without mercy when the source LP is of bad quality. It does not hide the poor job done by recording engineers.
I am a musician having performed around the world with some of the best jazz musicians in the world. I also own a post production recording studio and have mastered and mixed pristine jazz recordings where the acoustics and purity of instrument timbre is so important.
I am not an audiophile and to me, it is all about my ears. These Grado Statement 1 come through for me. I live in NYC so I just went over to John in Brooklyn and bought it from him. He makes them one by one if people ask for it.
I am using Sutherland PHD for preamp, by the way.
I'll be in Spain next week. Hasta Luego. |
I thought M20FL is the best.. or have i missed the bus? |
Jasper Jasper Jasper.
yes, we have a new monthly hero - the Empire 1000ZX/E.
It must sound awesome as every few weeks we have a new champion that is better than the previous one.
But then again, try a slippery dip 2 or 3 cm ass up. Try all your cartridges again and you may get a new champion all for yourself. You will need to listen more than the standard 30 minutes as you do not have the training to idendify whether it is better ot not in such a short time period.
Me I still don't know why MM's buzz with my Phantom and no other tonearm - looks like a query will need to go to Mr Graham.
cheers |
Well, in all fairness I think we are picking the pickings on the top of the MM/MI lot --- aren't we.
Some of these slightly greater (or lesser) likings are ALSO dependant on one's listening "tastes", as the difference between M20FL and 1000ZE/X is pretty minimal. In fact the M20FL super sounded slightly more open compared to a "level-arm" 1000ZE/X. So now the latter has a light edge with a little bit smoother treble presentation - for who can and will hear it... Yet both of these sound more "natural" in my system then the best MCs I heard in my system. If you like it more "over-detailed" the MC is your pick for sure. "Chacun a son gout..." |
Downunder, Relax. This is fun. There is no need to take it seriously. I am still happy with my M20FL Super. Just the other night it was going head to head with my van den Hul Colibri and doing quite well in the comparison. So for a few more bucks, I am going to try the Empire. I've got about 5 of these cartridges now, but I cannot seem to get off the M20FL Super in order to try one of the others. The way I look at it, Raul is doing the work for all of us. I think he would agree that in the end he is only giving his subjective opinion. We are free to take it or leave it. I do know that without his enthusiasm for this project and his willingness to stick his neck out, I would know a lot less about what is possible in LP reproduction from my own system.
Raul, I am not sure what you mean in your post above, but anyway I think I need the URL for the website where you or someone else got those photos of the alternative 1000ZE/X styli, in order to post it here. But I could be wrong. |
Dear Jazzgene: +++++ " I am not an audiophile and to me, it is all about my ears. " +++++
well, many of us in this forum are music lovers and audiophiles that like you " it is all about my ears ".
IMHO our ears along our knowledge with live music is the best " tool " to judge an audio system/recording quality performance, obviously that the quality of the audio systems different items are very important too: like your Grado Statement.
Have a good trip, success and happy return to NYC.
Regards and enjoy the music, Raul. |
Dear Axelwhal: +++++ " Yet both of these sound more "natural" in my system then the best MCs I heard " +++++
one and again this MM/MI characteristic follow appearing/repeat over many posts on the subject and between other things maybe this characteristic is the main difference with the LOMC alternative.
Over and over making tests and comparisons between both alternatives my " ears " tell me that the MM/MI ones present/show an audio performance with lower distortions level that any of the LOMC that I heard and this lower distortions help to make that " natural " sound.
Regards and enjoy the music, Raul. |
OK, gentlemen let's have some comic relieve -- and let me call MY new love for this week coming. I just replaced the 1000ZE/X with a Shure Type III VN35MR stylus (sounding better the SAS stylus in my rig).
I had NOT tried (dared to, MC conditioned?) to run this one with 4 - 5 mm pivot up and now I do. Well --- Raul, maybe you'd have to give this one another look at.
I all fairness, the last time I listened to it I ran my Pass X350.5 not in DC-coupled mode, and now I do (just 4 jumpers inside) as my ML 326S has little enough DC offset.
So, for now if the 1000ZE/X is a ~8 point? Then this stupid old Shure V15 III is clearly on number up in my rig.
It may help Downunder to get some relaxation for his cardiac system, as in fact (in my system) that Shure now sounds even better then my MP-50. Now go figure :-) Cheers, Axel |
Axelwahl: I'm not surprised with your finding on the Shure V15 Type lll. Before the renewed interest in vinyl, not all that many years ago, I bought a Fidelity Research cartridge carrier from E-Bay for $50 that contained 5 cartridges mounted in headshells and one of them was a Shure V15 Type lll. I already knew that the V15 Type ll with 300-400pf capacitance loading and 47K input resistance sounded OK but it really wasn't anything to write home about. I tried the Type lll in an SME 3009 S2 Improved arm and it was OK but again, nothing to write haome about so I put it back into the cartridge carrier. Then one day I decided to try it in my Empire 598 table with the original 980 arm. Shocked is an understatement. It really does sound quite good and at that point I wondered why I was still farting around buying and trying other vintage cartridges but I guess that's part of the "mental illness" some of us have. LOL It has the original Shure HE stylus in it and it looks good under 200X magnification. I figure the Empire arm wire and original interconnect plus the input of the preamp must total at least 300pf and I have it plugged into a 47K phono input. I will probably eventually try the Jico stylus for it just to see how that compares to the original but it sounds quite amazing the way it is. |
Dear friends: I want to share with you what IMHO and through my experiences maybe could help with the cartridge/tonearm frequency resonance match, please read this link:
http://forums.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1265063971&openflup&6&4#6
I know that some of my experiences on the subject goes against the theory but a fact tell me more than theory, I know that maybe when we are inside the resonance frequency the performance could be a little different and this is not the subject but that maybe we don't have to follow estrictly all the audio " rules ". The tonearm effective mass where I mounted those Ortofon's is 22grs.
Btw, I have on hand an Audio magazine review of the LOMC Ortofon MC-2000 ( high compliance type. ) made by B.V Pisha where I can read:
" the MC 2000 wasmounted in its magnesium headshell with a Technicsa EPA-A250 ( S shaped tonearm. ) attached to the Technics EPA-B500 base mounted on a Technics SP-10MK2 TT.
The arm-cartridge low-frequency resonance for either channel measured a surprisingly low 5.1 Hz. The vertical resonance was also at 5.1 HZ.
The arm-cartridge dynamic mass was measured at 31grs and the dynamic compliance at 30cu.
The Ortofon MC2000 encountered no difficulty in trackingall the test bands on the Shure ERA III/IV Obstacle Course as well as level 6 (!!!!!) of the Shure ERA V trackability disc that it is a rare commercial analog record that has peack recorded velocities exeeding 15 cm/S.
I was quite impressed with the MC2000 sonic clarity and transparecy of sound, as well as the well defined and tight bass. However, when the arm-cartridge low-frequency lateral and vertical resonance measured 5.1 Hz I was wholly surprised and rechecked my test procedure. >I finally accepted the 5.1 Hz figure as correct.
At no time did I encounter any problem with mistracking or distortion during the many additional hours of listening I did with the MC2000, despite textbook claims that such low resonance would cause these problems. """""
I own this cartridge and can confirm any single word on that review but the measures take it.
Regards and enjoy the music, Raul. |
I have posted a photo of the Empire S-1000 ZE/X and S-1000 ZE/X-ERD styli on our system page: Green Mountain Audio system The -ERD stylus shown is defective, in the sense one can see its cantilever is off-center. Best regards, Roy |
Gentlemen
You guys obviously don't get my dry Aussie humour :-)
I am only having a bit of fun at what seems to be a new cartridge of the month, that is better than last months every month.
As Axel said, the differences are probably small and too much is baing made about them. It seems it is more the playing with different carts that is more fun that actually living with them long term. And that is OK
so chill boys and try to get going on reporting the best MM cart in the world on a weekly, not monthly basis.
Axel, good work. You have all ready found your weekly best contender. |
Hmm....I think i can keep up with monthly champion but weekly contender? The 5 rated M20FL Super will do for me until we have an obvious unified heavy champion of MM/MI division. We have judges drawn from Mexico, S Africa,US of A... |
thanks you whoever bought the last M20E stylus from USA source. I now have to buy it from abroad, which not a biggie :) Trying to stockpile few styli for the cartridge that I love so much now. |
Siniy123: In case you haven't noticed, the cartridges mentioned here are going for more on E-Bay and that probably means that more people are reading this thread than are posting. But what else is new? That's the story of supply and demand like when nobody wanted a Thorens TD124 or Garrard 301 and they were selling for $50 in 1990. Kind of makes one reluctant to post a new find and have others agree until your already well supplied with bodies and replacement styli. Maybe we should go underground and have this thread rave about the wonders of ceramic cartridges to throw everybody else off. LOL |
Regards, Dgob: My second system Black Widow (6gm eff. mass)/Technics SP-25 has carried the V15-111 I robbed from my Dual 1219 in 1979. The worn HE stylus was replaced with elliptical, now SAS, so long ago I can no longer can make comparison. The Shure seems to have two sweet spots respecting VTA. At (+/-)2mm down, lush bass, 4-5mm up, hf's are crystaline without becoming brittle. When raised, the less one listens for bass, the more suprisingly good it (bass) becomes. Xylophone at the end of "Dreamer" (Supertramp, Crime Of The Century) glissens. Midrange stays relatively constant, always clear. 100k/400pF, 1.1 gm. VTF. Neg. VTA, for my ears.
Dgob, I purchaced an ADC QLM30 MK111 long ago and didn't care for it. Those who know the XLM series hold it in esteem, I've not heard it. Examples I've seen are of the "Integra" design. I'll consider your "have you tried" question as more of a suggestion and watch for a stand alone cartridge. Thanks. Re: Gold headshell leads. AT440mla. It shreiks. Adjusting cap./resis./VTA has little effect. If gold leads don't tame it, it can keep the QLM company in the back of the drawer.
Raul, My 1000ZE/X is back on the EPA-250. As you suggested, VTA is much increased. I need to acclimate for a while and let the ZE/X settle in, the hfs do present well. When are you going to finish coalating/condensing all this info. and publish your book? For the coffee table, plenty of hi-res. pictures, please.
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Dear DU, I actually thought you might be joking. I enjoy dry Aussie humor and dry British humor as well. But there is a core to your remarks that is of course true, and I said as much myself a week or two ago. Anyway, we are on the same page. Meantime, it is summer for you, and we here in Maryland are having the mother of all snowstorms. I grew up in New England, and this is worse or at least as bad as anything I recall from my childhood. As much as 30 inches is expected. |
hey Lew. Don't lump Aussie dry humor with Pommie humor. It was bad enuf they beat us in the Ashes last year (Cricket for the uneducated) I have always heard that good humor needs to have an underlying truth to it ;-)
yea Summer for us here - damm HOT and HUMID, so great down the beach or where ever there is water. - I would luv snow at this point. Me, I am really enjoying listening to my Ebony Denon 103R ATM - Could i live with it for all music - NO, but it is great for some music.
these are the joys of multiple tables/tonearms - you can enjoy different sonic views on music, as there is no best.
enjoy |
Dear Royj: Thank you for that important pictures on the Empire, are really educational.
Btw, mine is like smaller one.
Axelwahl which yours?
Regards and enjoy the music, Raul. |
Dear Raul: Axel's is clearly the small one (shorter & thinner), by comparison only the Shure V15 III with VN35MR has the same small diameter alu tube, tho' a bit longer +/- 1/3. The treble of this cart begs the theory that a longer cantilever produces less dynamics --- NOT SO. The much longer (tapered) cantilever in e.g. AT140LC confirms this also. (Maybe a case of resonances?)
BTW thickness (related to moving mass?) seems more of an indicator about lesser dynamic ability as I have noticed. The thicker the "mellower"? Greetings, Axel PS: The Shure using my cable capacitance ~ 120pF only and 47k input impedance, 1g VTF and >4mm pivot up. |
Downunder, here I have a "theory" about this weekly best cart happenings. If you ever read Robert M. Pirsig "Zen and the Art..." and "Lila" you will have come across his MOQ stuff (the books are all about it actually). He would say it is "Dynamic Quality" (the leading edge of perception) of a newly fitted cart that grabs your attention... until - after about a week's worth of listening or so, it becomes "absorbed" into what he calls "Static Quality" (our reasoning, figuring it all out, etc.) and so it slowly starts to loose some of its "magic".
In his example he mentions music, some very nice tune, that initially grabs you, yet eventually become just that: a nice tune -- doesn't grab you any more as such, hm. Axel PS: MOQ = Metaphysics of Quality, Google it if you wish :-) |
Dear Davev: +++++ " and that probably means that more people are reading this thread than are posting. " +++++
agree, there are several persons that decided not to post and share their experiences.
Problem for some of them ( even the experienced ones. ) is that several of the cartridges tested in this thread shows its best with some specific and especial set up characteristics that if all those people are unaware of that maybe they can't achieve the " best " performance on the cartridge and can/could have a wrong " perception " on each cartridge real quality performance.
I know for sure that some " heavy " experienced persons that are advocate to LOMC cartridges ( like A. Porter, M. Lavigne, Vetterone, Dougdeacon, etc, etc. ) already buy vintage MM/MI cartridges but if they don't read/follow the thread or don't ask about cartridge set up they could lose/miss the " glory " of the MM/MI alternative making/building in their minds a " false " concept on this great and unexpected analog source alternative.
In the other side and if we take a look on different threads we can see that are many persons ( more than we think ) that are advocate to MM/MI cartridges for many years and that are using current/today MM/MI sample cartridges ( not vintage.), Johnyb53 is one of them, he always recomended the AT 150MLX that is the one he use it but there are many people like this guy.
I hope that in a near future Johnyb53 and others come and share their " fresh " experiences, I'm sure that when this happen it will enrich our audio learning curve.
Regards and enjoy the music, Raul. |
Dear Timeltel: +++++ " and publish your book? For the coffee table, plenty of hi-res. pictures, please. " +++++
not bad idea but that is very far away from now: there are many many cartridges for test and many experiences from people like you that we have to " collect " in the future.
It is almost an endless " job ". Two days ago I was lucky enough to find on ebay a NOS Azden YM-P50VL, this was the top of the line in Azden cartridges and suppose a great one, we will see.
Regards and enjoy the music, Raul. |
Regarding the Empire 1000ZE/X, I posted the other day that I ordered a pair of what I suspected would be genuine Empire replacement styli. The styli arrived yesterday and I've spent a couple of hours with them this morning, before going outside with the kids for a snowball fight rematch :)
My original NOS stylus came in an Empire package, model 236-ZDE, the original price sticker showing $59.95. The package says it replaces Empire S-1000ZE / X-ERD....tracking force 1/10 g (!). It is the thin cantilever version like the photo posted recently by Royj.
The two that arrived yesterday were together in a generic plastic case with the vendor's label on it, labeled 236ZDE. Their supply must be in a bulk pack of some sort?
In any event they appear identical to the one I've been using since Sept 08. Molded Empire logo on the front, gold painted background. Very thin cantilever, identical construction to the naked eye, and I'm certain they're genuine.
Neither of the new arrivals are visually defective, and they sound similar to how I remember my 'old' stylus sounding until it was run in. Wonderful timbre and tonal balance but rhythmically a bit sluggish with a slightly-compressed soundstage. I'm feeling confident that after 50 hrs each they'll open up, develop focus, and show their rhytmic virtuosity if that isn't too strong a word.
$59.95 each from Garage-a-Records with a 10% discount for two or more, cheap shipping. No affiliation, YMMV, etc.
Regards,
Jim
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Raul. Re: Azden YM-P50VL. I have Empire 875 XLT, which is same cart. Last time I tied it it was very good, especially on rock/pop music. Bass was solid and really provided really good foundation for the music. Very enjoyable. Glory of music is right here, before you. Pity that it is T4P mount. But not a big problem on adapter. NOS styli can still be bought from Adelcom. |
Dear friends: Your opportunity:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Empire-1000-ZE-X-turntable-cartridge_W0QQitemZ120526821015QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1c0ff55697#ht_500wt_749
Rgerads and enjoy the music, Raul. |
Dear Dean_man: Very oportune information, thank you.
It seems to me that maybe the very " old " ZE/X cartridges comes with the bigger cantilever but we can't be sure, it suppose that mine stylus box designation was not the shorter/thin cantilever because it does not has the ERD on the model.
Maybe Roy can help us and Lewm when he receive his sample..
Regards and enjoy the music, Raul. |
Axel
MOQ sounds as good an explantion as any on the weekly best MM cart in the world syndrome.
I am guessing since we can't afford to spend 4K plus on expensive MC carts every month, spending a few hundred is a good way to get a hit of MOQ :-) |
Axel, I like your theory. Furthermore, I believe it applies to every component in our respective systems, not just these dust-gathering cartridges. |
Pryso, you are right the "theory" applies to everything we perceive and judge by our senses, includes women else there'd be no girly of the month in mags either. Keeps things from getting boring, hm. M20FL super is my pick of next week. Right now it beats all else. (I'm serious, Lewm knows what he's doing!) --- me going in circles? Enjoy... Axel PS: I'm waiting for my M20E stylus to arrive so it may take me to a new COW (cart of week) experience, I'll be back. |
Axel, It my case M20E is the lady of the week or two on jazz and classics. Less so with Limp Bizkit. |
Limp Bizkit --- no kidding, eh. What's the recommended cart for that then I may inquire :-) Denon 103? Axel |
Dear Siniy123: Yes Empire made the YM-P50VL for Azden but it is not the same 875, it use the same motor/body to specific Azden cartridge characteristics/sound signature: so is " different ".
Empire made cartridges not only to Azden by other companies like Marantz that looks like the Empire 2000 series.
Today, for example, Goldring make cartridges for Reson and Audio Note, you can see the threee different cartridges than looks the same but sounds different.
I will report on the Azden when I put my hands on it.
Yes, Adelcom.net has the Azden line and still have very interesting cartridges along stylus replacements.
Regards and enjoy the music, Raul. |
Axelwahl, Limp Bizkit try some: Micro Acoustics 630, that Azden Raul just purchased, Audio Technica ATML170, Empire MC-5, Audio Technica AT24 (top signet TK9 and TK10 as well). |
Raul, re: Azden YM-P50VL and Empire 875 XLT. Both of them have transparent red stylus assembly. linear type cut and tapered cantilever. My Empire 875 XLT marked as "Japan". I think it made in Japan by same maker as Azden cartridge. |
Dear Siniy123: I let you know where the Azden was made when I receive it.
Regards and enjoy the music, Raul. |
Empire 1080LT, This is my best sounding MM cartridge of the week. Beck is sounding ever so sweet and tonally pleasing.
Sounding better than the Ortofon M20FL Super, expecially with the refinement in the upper frequencies.
How does this compare to last weeks world champion - the 1000ZE/X ? |
Downunder, some respondent i know in Malaysia prefers his Shure V15 III to the 1018, which in his system sounds too "bright" (brittle?). The Empire 1000ZE/X sounds very much more "refined" (less forward?) the the Shure V15 III. So all being equal (which it never is...) the 1018 aught to sound a bit more bright (brash?) compared to the 1000ZE/X --- but I should think a bit less exiting too. Let's see if this take will find some support.
My pick of the week changed (for today?) and is the AT-440ML which might be closer to the 1018? --- Let's see for how long I can take the added "exitement" of the more detailed presentation compared to the M20FL super. Axel PS: AT-440ML now also with ~4mm pivot up. |
I am listening only to the sound of ice melting off my rain gutters. We have had no power since some time Friday night/Saturday morning. Since it is going down to 14 degrees F tonight here in snow-covered Washington, DC, I am contemplating deserting our home in favor of a sleep-over at the home of a nearby friend who has heat and power. And more snow is predicted for tomorrow (Tues). Last night, as I tried to protect my nose from freezing while otherwise keeping warm under two down quilts in our frigid bedroom, I thought of those scenes in Dr. Zhivago, when he and Lara are hiding out in a deserted and destroyed mansion somewhere in the Russian tundra. Only I did not write any poetry. Anyway, all my audio system is getting a free cryo treatment.
I did retrieve my NOS Empire from the PO this morning. Have not opened the box. |
I just wanted to report on my new Garage-A-Records Empire 1000 ZE/X replacement stylus. My Empire Cartridge is a 1000ZE with no X on the label. The new stylus from Garage-A-Records has a thinner cantilever but the length seems the same as the stylus that was in my ZE cartridge. I had reported that my ZE cartridge didn't seem to have any bass compared to other MM/MI cartridges I own but even right out of the box the new stylus provided the missing bass and it sounds pretty darn good. So I can only conclude that the old stylus is probably shot in the suspension because the tip looks OK to me under 200X. My first reaction was that the new stylus seems to be hotter in the upper mids but it's hard to say because if the old stylus is shot,it wouldn't be a fair comparison.
I do think the 1000ZE or ZE/X is a good MM and well worth a new stylus but I can't honestly say that I think it beats my Ortofon M20FL, Ortofon SPU, Shure V15 Type 111,Empire 4000 D/111 or Cello Miyabi MC.
I would just say that these are all fine sounding cartridges to me and that they all exhibit different presentations in one way or another and that they are all acceptable to me. If I was forced to pick just one that I could use, I would have to listen to each one for hours with different types of music and have a check list in front of me to record my thoughts then see which one gets the most points and where. |
Hi Axel. I assume you are talking about the 1080Lt?.
I loaded cap per manual at 300pf and VTA just a little above level.
If his or anyone's phono stage is loaded at 100pf or so, it may sound bright ? or maybe his system is bright ? |
For several weeks I’ve been listening to a Lyra Helikon retipped with Soundsmith’s best optimized line contour stylus, both through a modified 48db ARC PH-2 and a modified 75db hybrid Atma-Sphere MP-1. The retip is a clear improvement over where the cartridge was when returned for refurbishment, and possibly better than new. As a slow-learner with a mere half-dozen phono cartridges and two phono stages, I am now surprised how much a particular phono stage can affect the performance of a particular cartridge. Helikon heard through low-gain PH-2 easily surpasses my most recent listen (Empire 888 X/EX) through PH-2. The modded MP-1 with much greater gain takes Helikon to further heights of aliveness and dynamics. But subsequently remounted Astatic MF-100 through modded PH-2 is a mind blowing improvement over Helikon through MP-1. This MI is instantly convincing in terms of realistic embodiment and larger soundstage without loss of resolution. |
Davev, I finally had a chance to look at my Empire. It is indeed a 1000ZE, no X. I think I will give it a long break-in before spending yet more money on it to buy a new stylus, but thank you very much for the "tip" on where to buy it. I will give mine a few trips thru the Cardas test LP, bands 2a thru 2c, before evaluating it's ability to play music. it took awhile to wake up the Ortofon M20FL Super and the Grado TLZ, so I won't rush to judgement. Dave G, I had/am having similar thoughts comparing the M20FL Super thru the Ayre P5Xe and into the MP1 linestage vs my various MC types feeding into the MP1 phono section. There are ways to reduce the gain of the MP1 phono so as to be able to use it with higher output cartridges. (Look at the RTP3C schematic on the Vacuum State website.) I think I have to try that in order to find out what the heck is going on. |
OK, M20E super stylus fitted to existing M20FL super body. Sounds a tad more natural right through the audio band than the FL one, so I agree with Raul on that.
Is it a 2 point difference between the E and the ZE/X? I would not hear it this way in my system --- but I'll be back if it will change :-) Axel |
I bought a used B&O MMC2 on eBay. Unfortunately, the cantilever is off-center. Do you think its worthwhile to have the cartridge refitted with a Soundsmith stylus? I remember reading in this thread that Raul does not like the Soundsmithr replacement Ruby stylus? |
OK, M20E super will have to stay as it looks like right now, wow! It is better then my MP-50! (less "mechanical" Raul would agree, I guess) and better than FL AND ZE/X (more "dynamic" Raul would not necessarily agree, I guess). So Lewm, 99.99 bucks might be worth it, tho' we have rather different systems as we know. Greetings, Axel |
Dear Downunder: Normally as you go higher on capacitance as the cartridge goes brighther.
Btw, I will try to test the 1080 next week, there are other owners that already ask about. I know there are other 1080 owners but I doon't " see " it here.
Regards and enjoy the nmusic, Raul. |
Dear Dgarretson: You are lucky to own the Astatic MF-100. I have similar experiences with like you, great performaer.
Regards and enjoy the music, Raul. |