watchnerd
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I have been shocked by how good a new $49 AT VM95E can sound.
I need to get one of those.
A decent elliptical is a great 'everyman' cartridge.
I have been shocked by how good a new $49 AT VM95E can sound.
I have an original pressing of this. I pulled it out to see if it is worth ripping with my carts. It has a scuff, a scratch, a good amount of surface noise from dust or whatever.
I need to make cables to go into the 2i2, but I can. It gets better after the scuff. Got my Analog Productions test LP today too.You should rip it anyway.
I need to make cables to go into the 2i2, but I can. It gets better after the scuff. Got my Analog Productions test LP today too.
There are 10 dB harmonic distortion differences in the graphs @JPJ posted upthread.
And not like -90 vs -100. Like -10 vs -20.
Do you have the 103R or the 'regular' 103?
My DL-103 is the vanilla version.
But I've been contemplating getting the DL-A110 version just for....historical reasons, I guess.
I have the 103R.... not sure how much difference there really is...... I don't buy into 99.9999% pure copper making much difference although there are some other differences apparently. I have more the 500 hours ( a lot more) so probably time for a re-tip. The Denon carts have been around for 60 years for a reason.... carts aren't like DAC's with new technology coming out every month.... they pretty much had it down 60 years ago.
The 103R's are up to $408 + tax on Amazon.... I only paid $250 for it a couple years ago. I was going to get it re-tipped with an elliptical which is $200.They're so cheap, though; vanilla DL-103 is only $299.
Isn't it easier to just buy a new one?
Unless you want to re-tip to a different stylus / cant.
@watchnerd Especially interested to hear a comparison between the VM540ml and the Art 9, if the inclination and opportunity for some rips arise.
It does.This may be a difference between playing over speakers vs headphones (speakers were off during rips), though, where sympathetic output from the speakers interacts with the TT in some way.
OK, useless subjective impressions incoming - cartridge B is more amenable to my ears and/or system.
As a value proposition, whichever it is, the AT is good, if not great, depending on outcome!
Kenny Burrell, "Chili Con Carne":
Just to be clear, the ART9XA files posted above are neither A nor B.
Which pressing?
LOL. I thought, I have that series buy don't recall seeing Midnight Blue. I have both of those, plus both the Music Matters versions.
I have both of those, plus both the Music Matters versions.