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???Cartridge break in???

I just fired up a Nottingham space deck (with space arm)with a dynavector 20X cartridge. My first impression, after all of 30 minutes? Deep, subwoofer bass is not there. Very sharp , thin compressed high end. Somewhat narrow soundstage; I have Audio Physic virgos and know what the hell a soundstage is. Is this the newness of the cartridge? Or something with analog itself? What are the general characteristics of analog vs. digital? What is gained, and what is lost? thanks..........Mark
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mterle
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Dave a joint and a beer are better I've heard.
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nandric
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If the cart is ''tuned'' by the maker how does he know how the
cart will sound after , say, 40 or 80 hours of use? 
Or, rather, if the cart is tuned than the cart should sound as
tuned without any need for ''break in''.  According to me
'break in'' is a kind of wishful thinking (grin).
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chakster
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this thread is from 2003 ! 
lewm
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Alright, who is digging up threads from 2003?  Are we THAT bored?  I miss going out to jazz clubs and concerts and good restaurants and meeting with friends, just as much as the next guy, but was 2003 that good a year for threads on Audiogon?  I hear that 2002 was even better, with better sex. 
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uberwaltz
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Lol @lewm 
This is not the oldest one I have seen excavated over last couple weeks, last week limo dug up one from 2000.

So I guess the answer is that yes some people are bored,.....VERY bored.

But it is all good!

Better than no posts at all agreed?
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