SPU People: I love my Royal N. Which SPU will I like even better?


Recently entered the SPU world. Using a Bokrand/Ortofon AB309 with a Royal N in a Fidelity Research headshell. Which SPU is clearly better and worth the upgrade?

dhcod

That Stageline with a nice SUT would probably sound really good with the Royal N.

Have you seen this blog about SPUs? He uses a Royal N with a Schröder arm. It's a two part article.

 

https://medialux.blog/2018/04/27/what-a-feeling/

 

That was where I got the idea to try the Royal N in the first place but note his comments on SUT matching with it. A classic N or EN would be a better match to the stageline or wait for the Korf and try a G series pickup. Meanwhile there’s the serious fun of enjoying music with the FrankenProteus.

I picked up a variety to hear what SPUs have to offer:

Ortofon SPU Classic GM E MkII - close to original sound

Ortofon SPU E GM Gold - good reviews

Ortofon SPU Century - likely top of line

I haven’t heard them yet though.