Decca Jubilee / Dynavector XV-1s / ZYX / Allaerts

RaulI asked around,in my local audio group,about the Allaerts.What I got back was that they were a bit over rated!I am very interested in this line,though.Can you compare to my own cartridge?The Transfiguration Temper-V!NOT THE "W"!!

Thanks in advance!

The only one of these carts with which I'm personally familiar is the Decca Super
Gold Mk VII. Best cart I've ever heard in my system (re-plinthed Lenco L75 TT,
JMW 10.5 arm, custom tubed phonostage based on Moscode SuperIt, CJ Prem.
17LS2 linestage, custom 845 SET monoblocks, Gallo Ref 3 spkrs). The Decca
Super Gold exhibits none of the quirks (mistracking, noises) associated with
Decca carts, but a higher-mass damped unipivot arm like the JMW makes a
really synergistic combination with the Super Gold (low mass unipivots have
problems with it). Outstanding dynamics, very involving and musical. Good
luck, Dave

Hello Sirspeedy, I listened to some allaerts, too I have made the same conclusion like some members of your group.
Good, but why the Hype?
One of my Audiophile friends is using the latest Transfiguration ( above the Temper W and V ) as a loan from this Dealer, it is called Orpheus. I asked him about buying it? He said, it makes no sense, he already uses the Zyx UNIverse and that is better. Maybe it is Synergy between components, but he has quite a few Arms to compare.

Dear Sirspeedy: I like the Transfiguration, it has ( top to bottom ) a very well balanced and natural sound reproduction but when you are hearing it " you know you are hearing your Transfiguration " and when you are using the Allaerts MC2: " you forgot about it, you forgot about your electronics or anything else: you will be deep inmerse on the full/whole music: MUSIC and nothing but the MUSIC... "

+++++ " ,in my local audio group,about the Allaerts.What I got back was that they were a bit over rated! " +++++

Sirspeedy, over rated?: first there is almost no professional reviews on the MC2 Finish, second its website is very simple and certainly with no over rated info, third where they read/heard those over rated opinions, fourth why they make that statement and fifth with what TT/tonearm and Phonostage any of them heard it.

I think that we need facts about for that that statement that with out facts is only a rumor does not convetrs on a fact per se: do you know what I mean ?

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Dear Dave: If you like the Decca then you have to find the opportunity to hear the Ikeda cartridge line.
That " outstanding dynamics " that you named is the characteristic of the Ikeda cartridges that no any cartridge can meet but the Deccas.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.