Golden Earring wrote: > You reckon that low output MC cartridges *generally* sound better than > high output ones: would you carry that generalisation so far as to > include my original 1980s Koetsu Rosewood Signature, or would you need > to hear it first to make up your mind? Of course, it's -not- perfect > (neither am I, wouldn't that be awful? :D ), but it IS very musical! I didn't say they sound *better*, just that they have more "boogie factor". They appear to give a more dynamic sound (in the sense of what an audiophile might call "faster"), but I'm not sure it is necessarily better in an objective sense - it could be some kind of distortion that happens to give the impression of more dynamics. My gut feeling is that a high end MM like a Shure V15 or similar is probably a more neutral transducer.
I've never heard a Koetsu, for the very practical reason that I didn't want to in case it made me need to afford to buy one. But IIRC, Koetsu cartridges share a lot of design features with the Supex ones, and I do remember them being a little more refined and less "in your face" than things like Dynavectors and Linn MCs. Golden Earring wrote: > It might be cheaper to replace your discs than to BUY a professional > cleaning machine! Even fresh out of the bag brand-new LPs can have mold release agent that is worth removing. And apart from the Keith Monks (which is thousands to buy), vacuum cleaners can be had for a few hundred. They are the only *really* effective way to clean LPs. Transporter -> ATC SCM100A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108834 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
