Are the stylus profiles different?
Synergy
Some months ago I upgraded my analog system extensively. My salesman recommended the Hana ML cartridge which I know is very highly thought of. I had been using the Clearaudio Virtuoso cartridge which I accidentally destroyed, I sent the Virtuoso out to be retipped by SoundSmith and when I got it back tried to sell it on Audiogon and eBay. I couldn’t give it away at a ridiculous low price so I kept it. I used the Hana in my new system for months and was relatively happy until I realized I wasn’t getting great sound compared to my digital side.
So I got the bright idea of switching back to the Clearaudio Virtuoso. Voila, the system came to life after break in like never before.
Just shows how components are synergy related.
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Dear @mijostyn : " My mind changes all the time and in it's own little world it is entitled to do so. ..." Yes as many of us but you changed overall suddenly in the last 2 years and I want to share with you my take about. In the past I experienced in my system different amp/speaker set up: bi-amp with SS in the low bass and tubes in the other frequency ranges, tri-amp with different SS amps, etc, etc and through those first hand experiences i learned the critical importance of CONTNUITY for the MUSIC can flow in natural way as in live events. You made some changes in your system ( it's not a critic. ) where from my experiences and point of view you broke that continuty in your system: first you choosed to handle the subwoofers in the digital domain ( crossover. ) against the other ranges in pure analog ( analog bass is different to digital bass ) and after that you choosed to by-amp using SS along tubes and latter you posted that now you are thinking to tri-amp with a SS in the HF range.
All those goes against continuity that's the foundation in MUSIC other than the bass range.
Only saying.
R. |
The Head has evolved, we started with the impression made through exchanges of certain devices used for replaying a Vinyl LP, and now the Thread is a: Not a Anologue Bass vs Digital Bass vs Silver vs Copper vs Streaming vs CD vs Vinyl vs SS vs Valve vs Near Field Live Omni Directional vs Recorded Directional, etc, etc. The list of trivial concerns, valuable time is spent on pondering, is seemingly futile as a pursuit. There are plenty of entertaining moments being denied, with this type of energy usage. |
the clearaudio is a decent cartridge and i suspect the soundsmith retip and cantilever (ruby?) gave it a performance boost. however the hana should be competitive. could the difference be that your phono preamp is better suited to MM cartridges? could it lack the gain and loading adjustments needed to make the hana really sing? |
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