Dear @halcro : """ in this Thread you are hearing two ’identical’ cartridges with the ’cantilever material’ the only difference. """
identical?, who says that. In this thread exist at least two posts that say different " things " about. In one of them the owner of two Koetsu similar models one with boron cantilever and the other with diamond and he said are not identical/similar and in the other post you can read that designers of same models: one with diamond cantilever and the other with different cantilever material are not similar because the designer takes more care in the whole cantilever diamond design/build cartridge as : tigther tolerances, hand selected stylus, better assembling cartridge body, even calibration to " zero " tolerance specs, etc, etc.
You have many examples of that kind. Example: Stanton 981 model is similar to the 980 cartridge, nothing change down there but that the 981 is CALIBRATED model and its sounds is better with better quality overall performance than the 980 and both use the same cantilever material and everything the " same " but calibration.
88 and 88D are way different cartridges.
""" I do believe that ’choice’ of ’cantilever material’ may be a ’primary’ element in the initial concept of cartridge designers... """
again, whom says that? when cantilever is only one of several parts in the overall cartridge design and certainly not the most important. cartridge motor is the important subject down there like the coils configuration in the Sony models.
One ce J.Carr posted to some one that ask him: " in a cartridge which makes more difference for the better: cantilever build material or stylus shape ? " and JC posted that " cantilever build material was more important " but certainly not the primary characteristic for a cartridge design.
Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.
identical?, who says that. In this thread exist at least two posts that say different " things " about. In one of them the owner of two Koetsu similar models one with boron cantilever and the other with diamond and he said are not identical/similar and in the other post you can read that designers of same models: one with diamond cantilever and the other with different cantilever material are not similar because the designer takes more care in the whole cantilever diamond design/build cartridge as : tigther tolerances, hand selected stylus, better assembling cartridge body, even calibration to " zero " tolerance specs, etc, etc.
You have many examples of that kind. Example: Stanton 981 model is similar to the 980 cartridge, nothing change down there but that the 981 is CALIBRATED model and its sounds is better with better quality overall performance than the 980 and both use the same cantilever material and everything the " same " but calibration.
88 and 88D are way different cartridges.
""" I do believe that ’choice’ of ’cantilever material’ may be a ’primary’ element in the initial concept of cartridge designers... """
again, whom says that? when cantilever is only one of several parts in the overall cartridge design and certainly not the most important. cartridge motor is the important subject down there like the coils configuration in the Sony models.
One ce J.Carr posted to some one that ask him: " in a cartridge which makes more difference for the better: cantilever build material or stylus shape ? " and JC posted that " cantilever build material was more important " but certainly not the primary characteristic for a cartridge design.
Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.