From this follows that ''one piece'' diamond /stylus combo like by Sony 88 D is superior to glued in styli.
:)
http://fidelisanalog.com/2018/10/20/sony-xl-88d/
'Diamond' cantilevers: a man's best friend?
From this follows that ''one piece'' diamond /stylus combo like by Sony 88 D is superior to glued in styli. :) http://fidelisanalog.com/2018/10/20/sony-xl-88d/ |
@rodman99999 Yup, that’s one way to do it. Ortofon MC Century also has a rather truncated diamond cantilever and it’s my favorite sounding MC cartridge of all time. However, I would still take a 2M Black over it. Just cannot accept the MC sound character. It’s significantly distorted from source tape. In today’s world, aluminum pipe, or aluminum alloy pipe is the way to go. But if it was cost no object and it was still manufactured, I would take boron pipe as the ultimate cantilever. |
"Just cannot accept the MC sound character. It’s significantly distorted from source tape. " Way too many MCs/arms/alignments/loadings, for me to make a blanket statement(though you may have been referring only to the Ortofon). I do also enjoy my Soundsmith SMMC1-M, MI, with it’s ruby cantilever(an Aida, in a different shell). An exemplary match, for my Magnepan arm. |
I have been in love with the Koetsu sound since 1976, but my first one was a gift from wife a few years ago: Rosewood Signature Platinum with diamond cantilever. The cantilever and stylus are ground from one piece of clear white diamond. So it is promoted, and so it appears. Sound is the most refined I have ever heard in my system. The only sound close is the Miyajima Zero mono. My system has changed too much (air bearing tonearm and TT) for previous comparisons to be meaningful, so there are only a few cartridges which can be compared: London Decca, Dynavector, Nottingham T4 (MM), AN Io, Zero and KRSP. In increasing order of preference. But there is a very strong caveat here: set-up. My set-up skills, patience, and instrumentation have improved considerably in the last years, and so, for all I know, the Decca would be king of the heap if set up as carefully as the Zero and KRSP. |