Dear Will_herrera: For what ever reason you have I can see you ar entilted with LOMC cartridges and in especial the XV-1s.
This cartridge belongs to a different " league " that the cartridge you own and to a different " league " that the system you own.
IMHO you can't drive a new " Ferrari " with cicle tires, right?. Your situation is the same.
I can tell you that not even the XV-1s can beat the CA Virtuoso Wood on Rock music. Of course you don't want to go with the MM/MI alternative that IMHO is better that what you can imagine.
To pass from the 17D3 to the XX2 could be not a big step a head where the XV-1s or the CA certainly are.
A cartridge is the source and its sensitive and delicate signal must be treated according with.
You can't improve the cartridge self quality performance the only way/side you have is that choosing the right links through the audio chain in your system: that the cartridge signal be degraded the less adding and loosing the less to the cartridge signal. The better the items that surround the cartridge ( in this case the XV-1s ) the better the chances you have that this cartridge can shows at its best.
Regards and enjoy the music,
R.
This cartridge belongs to a different " league " that the cartridge you own and to a different " league " that the system you own.
IMHO you can't drive a new " Ferrari " with cicle tires, right?. Your situation is the same.
I can tell you that not even the XV-1s can beat the CA Virtuoso Wood on Rock music. Of course you don't want to go with the MM/MI alternative that IMHO is better that what you can imagine.
To pass from the 17D3 to the XX2 could be not a big step a head where the XV-1s or the CA certainly are.
A cartridge is the source and its sensitive and delicate signal must be treated according with.
You can't improve the cartridge self quality performance the only way/side you have is that choosing the right links through the audio chain in your system: that the cartridge signal be degraded the less adding and loosing the less to the cartridge signal. The better the items that surround the cartridge ( in this case the XV-1s ) the better the chances you have that this cartridge can shows at its best.
Regards and enjoy the music,
R.