Air Tight Supreme compared to PC-1

rather than me relating hearsay to you.....i recommend you read Albert Porter's 'System' thread, his Technics SP-10 Mk3 thread, or e-mail him about this question. he has owned a couple of PC-1's and now owns the Supreme....he has had the PC-1's on at least 3 tt's.

he is also very helpful and knowledgable. i overlook the fact that he is from Texas....but i'm not sure everyone can.

:)

The drop in gain should be "noticeable" but unimportant if your phono preamp has sufficient headroom. If you are right on the edge with 0.6mV, you might not be happy with an 0.4mV output.

Albert loves the PC1, as Mike infers.

Hi, Lewm. Thanks for your thoughts. Have you had both carts with the opportunity to compare? Presently in my system, the PC-1 has adequate output; a Koetsu Urushi Tsugaru, purported to have the same 0.6 output requires higher volume setting; and high output ZYX UNIverse performs similarly to the PC-1.

The phono stage is a heavily modified Jadis JP-80 MC with the mc stage I believe at 84 db. The Jadis does not offer variable loading, an unsettling deficiency. I do listen loud. Experience shows over-extending the volume releases much intrinsic sonance.

The good fortune to obtain a Supreme, with all it's decorative praise has left me desirous.