Feickert blackbird, kuzma 4 point which cartridge

This week I set up and aligned a Kuzma Stabi XL 4 with 4Point and Air Line arms for a customer who purchased from me. One of the cartridges was a Koetsu Rosewood Signature Platinum. Terrific match with the 4Point, astonishingly good with the Air Line.

Other customers who have purchased 4Points from me have had good results with Clearaudio Goldfinger v2, Lyra Titan i, and Zyx, I forget which model.

Brian Walsh
Essential Audio

Unfortunately lyra titan was sold. Still looking for.. Asr is very analytic, but also not dull, i cannot say prat is the strongest point of it like naim. System plays everything smoothly, nothing taking your attention but everything is there. Maybe alittle bit romantic also better bass performer cartridge would be nice. As i understand from your comments, shelter/koetsu etc may give romance but dynavector/lyra gives better bass. Anything in the middle :)

The Kuzma 4P is a very soft sounding Arm, good for slow music with nearly no dynamic swings or for very analytic sounding Systems. When you want to push the reproduction to a "bite" you need an extremely sharp cartridge, like Coldfinger, Air Tight or vdH. The majority of carts sound more or less in a way that there are no real differences. It makes the choice of carts pretty simple. Maybe a Transfiguration is overall a very good balance with that Arm, it is worth a try.

06-07-13: Altanpsx
As i understand from your comments, shelter/koetsu etc may give romance but dynavector/lyra gives better bass. Anything in the middle :)

Transfiguration Proteus.

Syntax, I don't know if you have heard a 4Point, but by your description it was far from being set up properly, because when done so it is not at all soft sounding, in fact it has some of the liveliest, most vivid, fleshed out sound with vanishingly low noise floor I have heard from any arm. As a Kuzma dealer I have sold several, and the arm matches well with a variety of cartridges, just not with high compliance ones.

You mention Transfiguration, but I have just heard an Orpheus in a 4Point which my customer had and I set up, and although it was good it was certainly not an optimal choice. The customer has very defined taste based upon regularly attending classical music concerts in his area, sitting near the stage in the center, so he is intimately familiar with the sound of live music. To say he is pleased with his elaborate new turntable system which I installed and aligned over the course of three days is an understatement.