Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍

Dear @halcro  : You have extremely short memory because was you in this thread whom don't resist the temptation when I posted the higher prices of cartridges well above the 88D price and posted:

Another :

""  Believe what he says at your own risk.. ""

when IMHO there was not any necessity to  post that refering to me.

Now, even with that truly You Tube " high high resolution " I think you can hear what's obvious but you have to be extremely ingenue/innocent that any one could listen tiny developed kind of distortions though you tube process and then with that signal " destroyed " by the listener rig to listen it.

In the other side if you can't directly at your home system hear the distortions developed by that terrible/disastrous S3 headshell how could you think you will listen it from you tube recording. Makes sense to you? because for me is almost a stupid way of thinking.
Please think for a moment how that S3 " works " against quality when all those ( non-damped. ) metal parts just " inmediatly " return/feedback its developed resonances/distortions to the cartridge cantilevers additional to the tonearm feedback own resonances.

As I posted I experienced with the S3 and with the Goldbug Brier dedicated and similar design headshell.

Any one can see from your system that the room/system it self impedes that you can listen tiny developed distortions due that the subs are rigth below the mounted cartridges and speakers are at " milimeter " from those cartridges, that  to big glass table plate just in front of the speakers and that all metal in the parlor furniture and many many other issues that impedes you can listen truly to some kind of distortions. So it's not that you are more tolerant or less sensitive it's only that in your room/system you just can't listen it.

I'm talking of very fine tunned system ( my system. ) with very high resolution where even me that are not a " golden ears " one can detect it and remember that I have a self developed  whole evaluation bullet proff process where almost everything is matched including SPLs when I make tests and I do it seated at near field position.

In your party time ( heard my cartridges. ) I read it that the SPL for two different cartridges in the tests were not matched, at least was what a gentleman in that " party " posted about.

So, for all those is futile to make through your " method " any serious evaluations.

You have fun in your " kinder-garden "  and go a head, at the end fun is fun.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.

In the other side if you can't directly at your home system hear the distortions developed by that terrible/disastrous S3 headshell how could you think you will listen it from you tube recording. Makes sense to you? because for me is almost a stupid way of thinking.

Aaah....but we're not talking about ME Raul.....🤭
Of course I can't hear "distortions" which aren't there 🤪!
We're talking about YOU Raul.....who for years has spoken endlessly about your "self-taught" ability to 'hear' and 'analyse' every facet of the audio chain....and you even do it again in your Post above 😂.
But you admit that you can't hear a SINGLE "distortion" in the YouTube videos....?
What happened to these "distortions" Raul?
Did they somehow manage to 'vanish' in the recording process?
Others (like Frogman, Noromance, Dover) can hear clearly...the minute differences in the cartridges presented via the YouTube videos but you can't....🤗 

Please think for a moment how that S3 " works " against quality when all those ( non-damped. ) metal parts just " inmediatly " return/feedback its developed resonances/distortions to the cartridge cantilevers additional to the tonearm feedback own resonances.

Blah, blah, blah....words and theories which you disguise as 'knowledge' but reveal your ignorance.
Here we have a perfect 'test' for you Raul......
There are a dozen videos on my Thread, which use the WE-8000/ST arm WITHOUT the S3 headshell.
Please point out to us the "resonances, distortions, feedback" that are 'missing' with these headshells...😉
And if you CAN'T.......please have the humility to finally admit to us all, that you are nothing but an 'Audio Fraud' who hides behind meaningless 'words' but when 'challenged' to prove his boastful audio abilities.....continues to 'hide' behind meaningless words 🤣

It’s understandably difficult to hear the ’nuances’ and ’subtleties’ that a different cantilever material may bring....
I couldn’t hear the differences between a SAS-Boron, a NeoSAS-Sapphire and a NeoSAS-Ruby when I did the comparisons a while ago 🤨
It is therefore even more difficult to isolate any differences via YouTube videos. It becomes easier the better your playback medium is....

Listen to the beginning of the track with just the bass guitar, percussion and piano....
There is a distinctly different ’tone’ and clarity with the 88D and an ’added’ ability to project a 3D image.
Then listen at the 0.33 sec mark when the saxophone first comes in....there is a slight coarseness to its sound which is missing with the Diamond stylus.
Listen to the background drums behind the piano at the 1.00+ min mark which are more distinct and shimmery with the 88D.
And the real ’kicker’ at the 1.42 mark where the sax begins to strut its stuff....the 88D just gives this so much ’tonality’ that you can actually hear the reed..
Then listen to the background percussion and cymbals behind the sax all the way to the 3.00 min mark. Just a bit clearer and shimmery (again) with the 88D.
Then the drums from the 3.00 to the 3.30 marks...just a bit more ’timbre’ with the 88D.
At the 4.05 mark with the bass, piano and percussion...hear the extra clarity and sheen of the cymbals with the 88D and particularly behind the bass at the 4.40 mark till the end.

Assumptions and deductions. Assumptions can be ''translated''
as premise and deductions as deductions from the premise.
The general logical rule then is: if the premise is not true than
also deductions can't be true.
The, say, ''Aussie premise'' is that the only difference between
XL-88 and XL-88D is the cantilever/stylus combo which is by
88D made from one piece of diamond while XL -88 has boron
cantilever and glued in ''super elliptical stylus''. Their price 
difference can be explained by complexity of ''cutting'' and polishing
of the diamond. BTW the first Van den Hul stylus designed for
Gyger (aka Gyger 1) was so complex that many samples were
lost. That is why Gyger 2 with less complex shape and dimensions
was produced. 
I ever started a thread with title ''irreparable carts'' and mentioned
explicit  XL-88D and all ZYX as such. Both have glued together
''plastic  bodies'' whit no entrance to inside parts. If, say, the
damping needs substitution there is no way to fix this problem.
Mori-san the inventor of the 8 figure coil former by XL series
stated that repair of his XL-88 and 88D is not possible. 
My friend Axels Schurholz deed try for two years to fix my 88D 
and then give up.
Ergo from the premisse it follows that diamond cantilever/
stylus made form one piece of diamond is superior to
''ordinary boron kind'' but this does not imply that all
diamond cantilevers are superior. All those with glued in
styli in particular. The curious ''damping theory'' of the
used glue between stylus and cantilever is an wonder in
the context of the ''rigidity theory''.