The sound quality isn’t great, so rather than something super revealing,
something that is very musical, and can also convey the magic. Sort of
the Decca cartridge equivalent of turntables. I am guessing less
Caliburn and Techdas, more Linn, Roksan, Denon, EMT 927, Rega, even
.
Original post quoted above.
Actually, to deliver the raw energy with more force it is hard to beat a healthy idler deck. Choose arms and cartridges to compliment your individual taste.
This discussion has veered off-course somewhat while musicians speak of the differences between electrified instruments. And it is worth the discussion.
The point: we're playing records here, not making them.
No way can the recording of it capture the live event so that it is anywhere close to the same as being there. Not the scale of it. But you can play the record in the privacy of your own listening room.
In that venue (listening room) and for playing rock records, I'll choose an idler deck like a healthy TD124. Choose tonearm and cartridge that best synergize with the deck to reproduce rock.
-Steve