soix & schubert
Thanks for the quick responses!
soix
Yes, I currently own the 1.6s after owning 1.5s. The passive preamp was one of those "itches" that I needed to scratch. Much to my surprise, it is way more to my liking than the internal one in my beloved B60. Less 'boom' in the bass and better, clearer sound staging. Pain in the rear switching back and forth between sources...but pretty special sound...to me.
schubert
Small group & vocal jazz (live if possible), world music (particularly africa and brazil), folk when I'm feeling nostalgic and, of course, Bach.
On the cartridge, I had a stock DL 103 and it was better than the Rega Elys or Blue Point Special I'd been using. Had a chance to get the ZU at a good price and it was distinctly better...before breaking in! And it just keeps getting better and better.