Hi Chakster,
You're right. I was comparing my SPU Gold to the my SPU Royal.
You're right about the new Gold and Royal versions.
My SPU Gold was older version with Elliptical stylus. The reason I specifically bought the older SPU Gold and Royal versions was that in reading reviews on the internet, tehre seemed to be a preference amongst SPU lovers for the older versions and not the Mk2 versions. While the newer versions have arguably more detail due to the updated stylus etc, it does seem to loose a bit of that house SPU sound. FWIW
You're right. I was comparing my SPU Gold to the my SPU Royal.
You're right about the new Gold and Royal versions.
My SPU Gold was older version with Elliptical stylus. The reason I specifically bought the older SPU Gold and Royal versions was that in reading reviews on the internet, tehre seemed to be a preference amongst SPU lovers for the older versions and not the Mk2 versions. While the newer versions have arguably more detail due to the updated stylus etc, it does seem to loose a bit of that house SPU sound. FWIW