koetsu


seeking advice as to where the sweet spot is in this line price/performance.

dancekerl

Dear chakster, I have no idea how old you are but I do know

that you are from the former Sovjet Union. Anyway you should

know about collective admiration of the authority there. I was

always wondering in my native Serbia how is this possible in a

country in which one can hardly find 4 persons who can agree

about anything. I got the answer from a totally unexpected source.

Alfred Hitchcock. Ingrid Bergman complained by him about her

next role stating ''I don't believee that  I can play this role''.

Hitchcock: ''But dear Ingrid you only need to pretend''.

All those people in Sovjet Union, China, Serbia, etc., etc., obviously

knew this without Hitchcock explanation. We all have seen many

moves and learned by watching who were good and who bad

performers. So we all can see that the worst performers are the

people in Nord Korea.  Collective weeping is the least convincing

performance one can imagine.

In my opinion your are pretending to search for approval for

your equipment choice by the ''authorities'' like Raul and

Salvatore but you overlooked that you made you choices without

them. You yourself stated that nobody else in our forum owns

your stuff. So, one would think, you deed not need us for your

choices. You are actully making your own discovery jurney and

don't care about what other think. You can't of course state such

things and pretend to care in order not to insult anyone. You are

a kind of one friendly individualist (grin).

How does Koetsu Black (wood body) compare with Koetsu Black Goldline (Aluminium body)? Same price in the UK, different spec, but it would interest me to know their characters if anyone can help?

Rgds,
Paul
I don't have much experience with Koetsu, but I can report my RSP is breaking in VERY nicely.  I took a leap of faith and I'm very happy.  Out of the box, it sounded very similar to my previous cartridge (Clearaudio Maestro MM).  I'm about 20 hours into running in the RSP, and the richness has appeared, so has the bloom and frequency extremes.  I hear and feel the Koetsu charm and spell.
Hi James.  I too have been enjoying an RSP since last May.  I can tell you that it continues to get better!  I use a PASS XP-15 as a phono preamp at the medium gain setting and 100 Ohm loading.  To the original posters point, I don’t know if this is the sweet spot in the line, but it is hard to imagine something more correct and enjoyable than this cartridge.
How does Koetsu Black (wood body) compare with Koetsu Black Goldline (Aluminium body)? Same price in the UK, different spec, but it would interest me to know their characters if anyone can help?

Rgds,
Paul

I have owned the Black, and Black Gold Line, and as far as I remember, they both had aluminium bodies. 
That was a long time ago, almost 30 years. 
I recently heard the Black Gold Line again, and I consider it a very good cartridge. Fast, dynamic, and on the warm side.