Dear 90493m: There is no doubt that a strain-gauge analog source generator is really atractive and shows differences against MC/MM/MI cartridges.
In the past I heard the one by Sao Win and other by Panasonic and lately I heard the SS. But not all stain-gauge devices are designed in the same way when in the Sao Win and Panasonic both confor/performs according the inverse RIAA eq. standard the SS does not conforms according.
We have to remember here that all LPs were and are recorded with the RIAA emphasis curve ( a complex equalization. ) and that's why ( between other things. ) any cartridge needs a phono stage with the inverse RIAA eq. curve to retrieve the frequency response of the original recorded music signal: the SS even that need to pass through an inverse RIAA eq. to be neutral/accurate to the recording signal they choosed not to do it.
Your statement:
+++++ " The fact that it needs no phono stage " +++++++
is IMHO a misunderstood because it needs but as I said SS choosed not to do it.
So, IMHO we can't compare any cartridge against the straingauge by SS because this one performs a different equalization curve than the RIAA one that all other cartridges did. IMHO we can't compare oranges against bananas.
In the other side with the SS what we are hearing it is not only that way different equalization curve but different electronics that is dedicated to the SS cartridge.
That we can like what we heard through the SS straingauge device does not means that we are hearing what is in the recording because through the SS device we are hearing what it is not in the recording due to that different equalization curve. In all other cartridges the performance we are hearing is what is in the recording. Do you think this makes a difference?, certainly and it is each one privilege to choose about.
Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.
In the past I heard the one by Sao Win and other by Panasonic and lately I heard the SS. But not all stain-gauge devices are designed in the same way when in the Sao Win and Panasonic both confor/performs according the inverse RIAA eq. standard the SS does not conforms according.
We have to remember here that all LPs were and are recorded with the RIAA emphasis curve ( a complex equalization. ) and that's why ( between other things. ) any cartridge needs a phono stage with the inverse RIAA eq. curve to retrieve the frequency response of the original recorded music signal: the SS even that need to pass through an inverse RIAA eq. to be neutral/accurate to the recording signal they choosed not to do it.
Your statement:
+++++ " The fact that it needs no phono stage " +++++++
is IMHO a misunderstood because it needs but as I said SS choosed not to do it.
So, IMHO we can't compare any cartridge against the straingauge by SS because this one performs a different equalization curve than the RIAA one that all other cartridges did. IMHO we can't compare oranges against bananas.
In the other side with the SS what we are hearing it is not only that way different equalization curve but different electronics that is dedicated to the SS cartridge.
That we can like what we heard through the SS straingauge device does not means that we are hearing what is in the recording because through the SS device we are hearing what it is not in the recording due to that different equalization curve. In all other cartridges the performance we are hearing is what is in the recording. Do you think this makes a difference?, certainly and it is each one privilege to choose about.
Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.