Synergy

mijos: " the critical importance of CONTNUITY for the MUSIC can flow in natural way as in live events. "

I think that your mind unstability comes from that system " unstability " : "  thus the odd combination ", that's part of the system unstability.

Never mind, it's ok with me.

R.

@rvpiano : Less rthan a month ago you posted:

" Voila, the system came to life after break in like never before. "

" My system never sounded so good. "

"  I might  have been a little premature in my evaluation.  Most things really sound good.  "

" Maybe being too compulsive! ", extremely compulsive when your  Clearaudio is almost new and you can be sure that needs a luittle more time and after that time you need to make a check up of the cartridge/tonearm set up and start a proccess to fine tunning it through palying with VTA/SRA, VTF, etc, changes.

Before spend in a new cartridge as fast you want maybe after that fine tunning if you are not satisfied then an IC cable could help about.

Any new cartridge will " present " to you a different MUSIC reproduction approach but not necessarily a better one.

Many times the brigthness comews in the recording and we have to remember that live MUSIC has brigthness too.

Anyway, up to you.

R.

I think my problem is that I listen predominantly to orchestral music. 
‘Almost everything else sounds wonderful to me.  It’s the sound of those massed strings that are hard to reproduce.  I wouldn’t be so compulsive if I listened mainly to jazz, folk or rock.  They’re no problem. .I’d be a very happy camper.  
I have to suspend disbelief when I listen to an orchestra.  VERY few recordings capture the true sound of an orchestra. It’s almost a vainless pursuit!

The reason I’m leaning towards the Maestro is that basically I like Clearaudio sound.   I just want a less bright presentation which the Maestro seems to provide.

@rvpiano Enjoy your curiosity about different Interface available and discoveries to be made.