lewn, I agree with you, but the glider is probably closer to the LOMC than many cartridges. If one can swing the better LOMC carts, all the more power to them.
Soundsmith Aida vs Hana sh
I would like some help in choosing the right cartridge for my set-up. I have a recently rebuilt sota sapphire series 3 with a pro-ject 10cc, Soundsmith Carmen-H into a Manley chinook se.
I really have these two in mind.
Soundsmith Aida & Hana sh
I’m looking for technical help on this, not opinions on what you think sounds better. I have heard both on different systems that were set-up for them and like both very much.The Hana being the winner for value and the Aida sounding the way a $2,000.00 cartridge should. The Hana maybe a little light at 5 grams for the stock counter weight on the 10cc & both seem to me to be a good match with the Manley.Please let me know what you think. Thank you
I really have these two in mind.
Soundsmith Aida & Hana sh
I’m looking for technical help on this, not opinions on what you think sounds better. I have heard both on different systems that were set-up for them and like both very much.The Hana being the winner for value and the Aida sounding the way a $2,000.00 cartridge should. The Hana maybe a little light at 5 grams for the stock counter weight on the 10cc & both seem to me to be a good match with the Manley.Please let me know what you think. Thank you
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I would second Lewm's notion. I also tried a glider hi output and it left me cold. From my understanding you lose the benefits of MC when you go with a high output MC. The chinook will support a low output cartridge, will it not? Even if it didn't my next move would be to buy and a SUT and go for low output cartridges. Or go with MI. |
@pipetowers If your concern is the cartridge being too light for that arm you can add some weight with one of these! https://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-Technics-Headshell-Weight/dp/B00U1Y8V1K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=... |
The glider is an honest cartridge. Pretty neutral for a Benz. Not warm. The thing it does well is the subtle delicacies. for the price of one, I have not heard anything in the price range doing what it does. However, imo, lewm is right that it will not give you those special moments as often when listening as LOMC will do. No doubt about it. But I like mine. I listen to it a lot. It tracks very well and does many things very well. |
To repeat myself, I also tend to think that the best MMs and MIs provide more thrills than did either of the two Gliders and the one Transfiguration Esprit HOMCs that I own(ed) and listened to extensively in my system. (Before that I owned the Sumiko Blue Points; the less said about them, the better.) And I don't necessarily equate goose bumps with cost (based on my appreciation of inexpensive vintage MMs and MIs). The theoretical reasons why an LOMC might outperform an HOMC would have to do with moving mass (an HOMC has to have more coil wire riding on the cantilever) and inductance (more coil wire creates more inductance). But I have no idea whether there is any merit in that rationale. I still own the Esprit. I probably should go back to it some time to find out how it performs in my current system, which is probably better sounding over all than it was back when I ran the Esprit exclusively, in those misguided days when I owned only one cartridge at a time. But the Koetsu Urushi came right after the Esprit and did "blow it away" on an even playing field. (I am a big fan of Transfiguration LOMCs, by the way, based only on hearing them in other systems.) |
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