Cartridge Opinions - Sorry


Yeah, another dumb "what's your opinion on these cartridges" thread. Back in the late 80's we had dealers where you could listen to the stuff.

So anyhow I have a Linn LP12 with Ittok arm and a 30 year old Audioquest B200L cartridge. I'm running it through the phono stage of a Jeff Rowland Coherence One into a Spectral DMA90 through a set of Kef R300's.

I prefer a little more laid back sound (err on the side of forgiving instead of fatiguing) but I like a lot of upper end detail, precise soundstaging, air, etc.

So far I'm considering an Ortofon Quintet S Black, Hana SL or a Benz wood - something at or below the $1k level.

I'd love to hear any opinions, suggestions, and experiences with those cartridges or others in the price range. I could possibly go higher if there is something out there that really shines for less than $1,500.

Thanks.


klooker
@rauliruegas  You posted this:  " Problem is that that gentleman is really a " roockie " in that specific issue but he think as his followers is an expert and is far away from there., like it or not all of them unfortunatelly(sic)  are wrong."  Firstly, it is rookie and not roockie. The gentleman you are referring to has not responded to the comment, but I think it is very insulting of you to state such a comment! Are you such an 'expert' in analog reproduction that you believe that a long standing manufacturer and hobbyist warrants this kind of reply? If I am one of his followers, perhaps that is because I have been in this hobby for many decades and happen to know that his points are 100% correct when it comes to this aspect.OTOH, I'm no expert, certainly not like you seem to think you are!!!!! 
Dear @atmasphere : " its a tricky arm to get the adjustments right. "

why is that?, I can’t remember to have any single trouble to set up many of the cartridges I owned with.

" that something was off with the Benz; it could simply be that it had a compliance value that in tandem with its weight and the resulting mechanical resonance, it simply was not going to be able to strut its stuff where the Koetsu did..""

Way wrong. Almost any of the Benz Micro are spot on with the MMT inside the ideal frequency resonance range and the Koetsu is out of that ideal range ! ! !.

R.
@daveyf  : In that specific regards it's and is what his posts showed. It does not matters that he is a " long standding manufacturer " that has no truly relationship with the subject here.

He can be an expert in what he manufacture and this is not under discussion.

Btw, "  Are you such an 'expert' in analog reproduction .. "". I never said that and the subject issue here is about the importance in tonearm and cartridge and nothing more. I gave many facts that are the foundation of my non-expert opinion and your and his arguments showed nothing about.

Which the problem, no one is expert in all and each audio subjects and certainly you and he are not in the thread issue. Again, at least what you showed here but he showed too in other thread about tonearms too.

The people that like to speak a lot like him will tend a higher probability to make mistakes and he is talking and talking. His last post is an example of those.

R.
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Congratulations !.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.
@rauliruegas  What 'facts' have you given that the cartridge is more important in the hierarchy than the tonearm? It has been shown by Origin Live and others that the hierarchy is tonearm first and cartridge second. You don't believe this to be the case, but that is far from a 'fact'.