The Palladian-A step beyond
Nandric, You previously spoke about language games. Although I have a degree in another field, I worked in high end audio for awhile because I like it. I was never an assistant or a clerk, as you described me in the past. After cofounding AHT (mfg.) I moved on. This is neither here nor there. Since we have only two user reports of Palladian why don't you talk about your AS cartridge? I doubt if you'll get more mileage out of "killing" me. |
What kind of (former) compatriote are you? Nikola - I remember the revenge "thing' from the early years I spent with my Grandmother. But I am a product of the 60's and my parents... were influenced by the Trudeau government - Pierre & Maggie. My parents influenced me the most. And in Canada now, we have Pierre and Maggie's son running Canada. 8^0 It was ingrained in me not to do two things. 1) Brag 2) Say bad things of others. BTW I get my Sliwowitz in Essen, Germany, in Now you are bragging.... Our liquor stores are regulated by the government. :^( |
Bluewolf, ***This is a great place to start. The UNI-DIN approach is informatively explained on the AS website: This is one of the things I already addressed. Maybe you thought it was just an attack with no basis in reality? Did you read the post script? It is claimed that one null (point of tangency) can not be calculated from the other. According to the rules of geometry this is only possible if the cartridge can be aligned two ways at the same time. In other words, it's not possible. If you have an alternate solution I'd be interested. |
As previously noted I ordered a Palladian a few weeks back based on the experiences @halcro and others posted. It was hand delivered by Norm from Rutherford Audio last night and I installed it this morning. Installation is very easy given the very visible cantilever and number of parallel surfaces, as well as the multiple screw threads. One caveat is that it is quite a "flat" cartridge body (i.e. shorter distance vertically from stylus to top of body) hence for those with the tonearm at its extreme low of travel you may need a spacer (I am virtually bottoming out my tonearm and cannot lower it any more). For initial listening azimuth was set at level, SRA with he body horizontal (maybe halcro you can advise on how best to measure SRA given this stylus profile). 1/73g and load at 200 ohms With the caveat that this is based only on the first few hours this does appear to be something special. What strikes me most is the fine detail on supporting instruments, for example individual strings on a finger picked guitar, or the details in a background (well buried in the mix) bass line. Relative to the Air Tight PC1 it replaced (which I really liked) it is less romantic in the bass, I suspect actually more accurate but also that the bass will open up with more hours. But overall it's the extreme sense of natural detail enabling you to wander around in the mix that is the overriding characteristic to me. I'll report back in more detail once I've gotten more hours but so far I would strongly recommend checking this cartridge out |
Folkfreak, Thank you for taking the time to post your very early observations. Sadly, the cost is such that one cannot casually "check this cartridge out". It's more an act of faith. After you put tens of hours on the Palladian you might then want to switch back to the PC1 for a bit. Such experiments can be quite revealing. |
