Comparison ZYX Artisan against Tom Evans Groove ?

Ebarker,

Having owned a Groove my guess is that they couldn't adjust the Groove properly to match the cartridge. In the end that is why I sold mine. It will sound broken of the load is wrong, but so will any phono preamp.

The G+ imo is a big step forward from the original G. Yes of matching is important, but I'm also less than happy with a break in the signal path at such a crucial point to accomodate changes.

i recently had a chat with tom evans about the loading issue
and was told that he has developed a variable loading module
for all versions of his phonostages
by all accounts he has found a way of doing this
without compromises[his words not mine].
i think this is GOOD NEWS as i own more than one cartridge but absolutely love the performance of the groove plus.
when optomised this is one staggeringly good piece of kit
and many will find it too revealing in thier systems
especially many valve users
im not knocking valve users
but to get the best from any te product phase linearity of matching ancilliarys is critical
synergy as always in audio
is the key
best regards
terry