A cartridge with more bite, please and thank you
My Hana SL is a little soft sounding for the Linn LP12/Cirkus/Mober supchassis/Alphason Xenon MCS and I'm looking for some direction and insight. My phono preamp is a Supratek Syrah.
Thinking about Ortofon Cadenza Bronze, ZYX Ultima 100 and Soundsmith Paua. Anybody out there compare these? Heard any of them on a similar set up? Or, have other recommendation that would mate well?
I see a lot Ortofon recommendations for Alphason, the ZYX reviews well and Soundsmith is right down the river - I've enjoyed their lower models and like the rebuild concept and pricing. That said, best sound is best sound!
Oh, I'm also open to having the Alphason rewired - I'm not sure that's the biggest priority right now, but it's tempting...
Muchas gracias and happy holidays!
Actually you might want to consider changing the arm. I have had several Alphasons ( HR100S ) - they are very smooth by nature. Outstanding arm, but if you want more punch you might be better off with a Linn arm. With regards to the Soundsmith Paua - I know this cartridge well - its very smooth - probably not going to give added punch. The Dynavector XX2mk2 mentioned above is quite punchy in the bottom end.
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I forgot about the ART9's! Thanks, @blisshifi / @audiosaurusrex. That seems like my wheelhouse. Looks like ther are some ART9's still to be found. I'll have to look into the difference between the XA and XI. |
