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Which cartridge is the Imaging/soundstaging champ
Raul:There are probably two issues. First, my phono cable is pretty new (Cardas Neutral Reference) and probably needs more break-in, I think I need to replace the tubes in my phono section,as I believe they're getting noisy ( I have the EAR 864 pr... 
Which cartridge is the Imaging/soundstaging champ
Dougdeacon:Wow, thanks for such and ereudite discussion! This explains a lot.So I guess the critical question is this: Will the JMW 9 arm allowone of the better ZYX cartrides display their excellent detail retreival properties, or is the law of di... 
VPI Scout and Scoutmaster owners.
Have any of you ordered the "signature" arm without the Nordostwire? My entire system is wired with Purist Audio Design .........Do you think the Nordost wire could be a problem? 
Which cartridge is the Imaging/soundstaging champ
Dougdeacon et al: Please educate me on stylus configurations and their association withtheir performance perameters. Is there a specific "sound" associated with different stylus geometries? I assume as is the case with solid state vs tubes, a lot ... 
Which cartridge is the Imaging/soundstaging champ
Sbank,It was my understanding that the Shelter 501 II was a low compliance cart. and would not match the JMW 9 well. Obviously, your experience was different.Does anyone else have experience with this combo? 
Which cartridge is the Imaging/soundstaging champ
Qdrone:My system has evolved over many years. the speaker positioning, room treatment have all been tweaked to the max. The same electronics, cables speakers imagebeautifully with good cd and sacd recordings. It's just the analog source that is de...