artee wrote: > Like the curate's egg - good in parts. They were the diametric opposite > of the Shure V15 III in terms of trackability, and I don't think that > the turntable/arm suited it much at all. Having said that, the midrange > was sublime. Tracking fell aprt on either side of the midrange, though. > They had what Decca called (if I remember correctly) "Direct tracking" > which meant that the stylus didn't pivot through a piece of compliant > material. That could also have been the cause of its lack of > forgiveness. > I returned it, sadly - but have very fond memories of it. > > Rick
My Koetsu Rosewood Signature doesn't track (at 2g, but aided by a sexy stylus shape into not filing my vinyl down too quickly!) as well as the V15 III (at 1g) did either: BUT it sounds -miles- better... Dave :cool: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Golden Earring's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66646 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
