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| opinions about leaving Audio Technia ART-9 MC for a Ortofon Cadenza bronze mc ? i have an art9 and recently added a cadenza blue. the blue sounds better, warm and smooth but more midrange clarity than the 9, also much more dynamic. i compare them regularily because i still have the 9. if the bronze is warmer than the blue i ... | |
| Phono Preamps with "balls" ? Any Naim phono stage would get you solid sound with great PRAT and rhythm. Naim is one of the very few brands who get the PRAT right without thinning out the body of the music. A Stageline with Hicap DR would be superb. | |
| Tonearm rewiring Get the tonearm wires from stereo-lux. Their finewire C37 cable is one of the best out there for tonearm wiring. The designer can supply you a direct continuous wire from the cartridge to phono or just a tonearm internal cable. Note that his cable... | |
| Pani ... New ART-9 up and running ... All said and done it is the only under $1k mainstream cartridge that sounds hi-rez and fulfils the criteria to be on a high end turntable. If one were to spend $3k and claim that ART-9 is not a solid contender I can understand, but within $2k (whi... | |
| Pani ... New ART-9 up and running ... After reading through this thread I was surprised to see that @pani was so fickle in dumping the Art 9 after being so enthusiasticI was not fickle. I used it for 2 years happily. The longest I have ever used any cartridge without further contemp... | |
| New idler for Garrard 401 Guys, is there any improvement in the areas of transparency and noise floor ? These are the 2 main areas where the Garrard falls short of many good BD and DD turntables. | |
| Lyra Delos A truth teller or what? That’s true Thom | |
| Good Direct Drives Got it @chakster Btw, I don’t believe that one needs a super duper tonearm to evaluate a turntable’s greatness. A rewired jelco or Rega 1000 with a quality cartridge and phonostage will clearly show if turntable is average, good or great. Whether ... | |
| Ana Mighty Sound 103.3 Do you play your Denon 103 at 57db gain ? | |
| Good Direct Drives SME 30 sounds slow and dark to my ears. It is no secret. Many have commented it sound that way. It does all the good things of a suspended belt drive: fluid, holographic soundstage, low noise and high resolution but when it comes to preserving the... | |
| Good Direct Drives I havent heard the SL1000r but to my ears the SP-10mk2 sounds better than SME Model 30. So, it really depends. | |
| Ana Mighty Sound 103.3 Thanks @audiofun | |
| Ana Mighty Sound 103.3 Thats very interesting @audiofun . I use a Ortofon Cadenza Blue which has an output of 0.5mv. Will that pose any noise issues with SPL Phonos ? | |
| Good Direct Drives @chakster people who have heard the 1200G and the sp10 mk2 claim that 1200G is better. So I am not sure how you come to the opposite conclusion. | |
| Ana Mighty Sound 103.3 Thanks @audiofun , how does the SPL Phonos compare against other higher end phono stages like the Pass or your AMR ? |