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Koetsu black, lacking bass

Greetings 
i just installed a new koetsu black cartridge. I love the clarity of this cartridge. I was using a lyra kleos , which is a great cartridge but the clarity of the koetsu black is at another level.
does anyone know if the black cart is light in the bass? It seems to me that  the bass sound of my system has diminished with the koetsu. Is this a break-in characteristic? I should mention that I installed a furutech gtx outlet which is still in the break-in phase. I’m using a clearaudio magnify tonearm with a clearaudio performance tt. My preamp is a McIntosh mp1000 with acoustic zen ic cables. Mcintosh ma252 amplifier, focal aria 948 speakers with transparent super speaker cable. Any insight and knowledge would be helpful and appreciated!
thank you
dpoud
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uberwaltz
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Mijo
Strongly considering an Urushi Gold myself which would likely be my swansong of carts.
Got a few arms to try it with.
Interesting times ahead......
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daveyf
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Anyone here know what ’Platinum magnets’ are??? The Somarium Cobalt magnets are less powerful than neodymium magnets ( used in the Lyra’s)...as are just about all other magnet materials!
bpoletti
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@dpoud - 

How much do you want for your Kleos?  
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millercarbon
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OP PM'd me, sounds like it was indeed the brand new Furutech outlet after all.

Love my Koetsu Black Goldline. But what I know now, lusting to get the best Soundsmith MI I can afford onto my Conqueror. Hyperion would be a stretch but you never know....
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uberwaltz
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Great stuff, Miller
A prime example of why one should never change more than one item at a time as it makes it much more difficult to define what item had what change, good or bad.
If the Furutech outlets are anything like the SR Blue outlets they will require a fair amount of time to burn in and settle down so may just have to live with it and persevere for a while.
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