louis, Sometimes things require a little patience. I'm glad your cartridge is now blossoming and you didn't.... "we know where he can put it", in which I meant, back in the box and on the shelf, of course. Enjoy!
What should I do?
Recently, at a brick and mortar audio dealer, I listened to a high-end moving coil cartridge. It sounded really good, and I was impressed. The retail for this cartridge was more then I wanted to spend ($4500), but to make a long story short, the dealer offered me a rare deal, ($2500+tax) brand new, so I bought it. Got it home, and carefully installed it last night. I listened to it for about 2.5 hours. It is really good, but I don't think (at this point), that it's that much better then my old cartridge (at least, not yet).
Ok, so this morning I played around with the loading. Better, but still I'm not happy. Now, with only about 5 hours on this new Cartridge, I realize that it's not broken in yet. I'm looking for input as to your thoughts on how I should proceed.
1. Are cartridges purchased from high-end dealers returnable (I don't want to create any bad feelings with this dealer, since he gave me such a good price)?
2. I was told 50 hours of break-in time for this Cartridge. Should I wait the break-in period to make any decisions?
Any thoughts on how you think I should proceed are appreciated!
Ok, so this morning I played around with the loading. Better, but still I'm not happy. Now, with only about 5 hours on this new Cartridge, I realize that it's not broken in yet. I'm looking for input as to your thoughts on how I should proceed.
1. Are cartridges purchased from high-end dealers returnable (I don't want to create any bad feelings with this dealer, since he gave me such a good price)?
2. I was told 50 hours of break-in time for this Cartridge. Should I wait the break-in period to make any decisions?
Any thoughts on how you think I should proceed are appreciated!