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Dear Dave: Things are that I'm only try to understand why I heard what I heard on the SG ( different quality performance against a MC/MM cartridge ) and what other people report about. Dave, for me is not enough: it sounds good or I don't like it, if I can I want to know why. Sure I know that some people are more " easy " about, nothing wrong with that.

The subject is not exactly accuracy ( that when I'm talking on accuracy I talk on tiny values: 0.1db or the like ), after my research I report what I find and the whole thing is not exactly/extrictly accuracy ( the deviaion is at least 2 db. ) but a totally different equalization curve, that's all. Why so many people in this tread does not like to know about does not likes that I report about: it is something that I can't understand yet.

Anyway all those people can't change the facts on the SG subject.
Dear friends: things are like they are.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Raul, I think they are trying to say is "so what, it sounds just as good or maybe better with the deviation".

I do feel qualified to speak on this point. I am both an engineer and audiophool. Being in 100% agreement with a mathematical model does not necessarily translate into better sound. I know you don't believe that, but everyone is entitled to form their own opinions on what sounds good to them. And no matter which way go with speakers, cables, tubes, whatever. There is ALWAYS a trade-off and we will ALWAYS find people who do not ALWAYS agree with what any of us think sounds correct.

So, yes, I agree. Your marketing bullet is still intact. Your credibility has perhaps taken a hit, but I'll bet that happens to you every now and then.

The interesting and innovative part of the SG is for me the synergy concept. For once a complete package includes the cartridge AND the matching phono preamp, totaly voiced for it. It is so difficult to find a phonopreamp that has the ideal load that it is a great thing that the cartridge designer voices the whole chain for better synergy at high level. Kondo has done that but a very high price.

Dear friends: There is something " curious " and very interesting, whereas al the audio industry are working on better audio items: better amplifiers/preamps/CDP/SACD/DVDA/phono stages/MM-MC cartridges/speakers/room treatment/cables/racks/footers/recording manufacturers/electronic parts(passive and active ones )etc/etc with designs with lower distortions/flat frequency/lower colorations to improve the quality sound music reproduction and to be near/true of what is is the recording the SG Soundsmith device is the only audio item that in porpose alter/corrupt the frequency response that comes in the recording " telling " to the whole audio industry chain that all of them are wrong!!!!! including you.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Well.......with all those standards , they still do mess things up - don't they?
And no two components sound alike.......why????

Give me SG which is or isn't up to RIAA standards and I WILL enjoy the music without overanalyzing the principals behind it.

Give me the most distorted amp in the World that sound like live music and I will keep it until I die.

Give me advice that is misleading and makes no sense and that is how I will remember you.