Dear Raul,
I agree with you about arm wire, which explains why I followed your advice and recommendations for changing mine. As I explained, most people would like and probably prefer the result. I agonized over it, not least because of the expense and effort involved in making this change, but in the end decided that the stock setup was preferable for me. This is based on my objectives and for the type of music that I listen to, which is acoustic jazz and a lot of that is old recordings dating back many decades. Not exactly audiophile quality fare in many cases. So my comment is definitely specific to my needs and preferences. It is true that for modern recordings the arm wire change was probably preferable, I never evaluated it from that perspective. At the risk of stirring up more controversy, in my opinion, modern recordings are generally better reproduced in digital format anyway.
Regards,
Bill
I agree with you about arm wire, which explains why I followed your advice and recommendations for changing mine. As I explained, most people would like and probably prefer the result. I agonized over it, not least because of the expense and effort involved in making this change, but in the end decided that the stock setup was preferable for me. This is based on my objectives and for the type of music that I listen to, which is acoustic jazz and a lot of that is old recordings dating back many decades. Not exactly audiophile quality fare in many cases. So my comment is definitely specific to my needs and preferences. It is true that for modern recordings the arm wire change was probably preferable, I never evaluated it from that perspective. At the risk of stirring up more controversy, in my opinion, modern recordings are generally better reproduced in digital format anyway.
Regards,
Bill