@rauliruegas as much as I love my Colibri, it’s a temperamental bird and its performance is more system dependant than most other cartridges. I’ve heard four different ones (different coil and body materials) in quick succession in the same system and they all sounded (very) different. If the rest of the system is not well balanced and within the ’neutral’ zone, the outcome has every chance of being highly unpredictable.
The ’unanswered question’ in this discussion is if the OP had the same issue before acquiring the Stellar, which must have been very recently. What phono amp did he use before, what made him decide to change and was it an improvement?
Let me try to put it differently: the best new and vintage MC’s all more or less play in the same ballpark, with different strenghts and flavours. But a change in phono amp several years ago elevated the performance plateau completely, making all cartridges sound much better. Some were transformed almost beyond recognition.
To the OP I would say: changing the cartridge to one of the top MC’s will surely change the sound and most likely for the better, just don’t underestimate the impact of the phono amp.
The ’unanswered question’ in this discussion is if the OP had the same issue before acquiring the Stellar, which must have been very recently. What phono amp did he use before, what made him decide to change and was it an improvement?
Let me try to put it differently: the best new and vintage MC’s all more or less play in the same ballpark, with different strenghts and flavours. But a change in phono amp several years ago elevated the performance plateau completely, making all cartridges sound much better. Some were transformed almost beyond recognition.
To the OP I would say: changing the cartridge to one of the top MC’s will surely change the sound and most likely for the better, just don’t underestimate the impact of the phono amp.