"Harder" cartridge recomendation

Raul prefers digital?
This is like finding out that God does not believe in God, which would bother me, if I believed in God.

I honestly don't think that "many" of us here prefer digital. There may be a closeted few who do, but not "many". For me digital is like Muzak, the old system of piping so-called music into elevators and department stores. It's decent background for when I am reading or entertaining non-audiophiles.

I confess, I too always thought that Halcro's room would sound a bit hard and "clinical". But it's his choice, to achieve his own concept of sonic Nirvana. Which is perfectly fine with me.

I've been offered ex-Raul fr7f. This Raul seems a guy who has owned all carts on earth. Is there any way to contact him?

Lewn and others,
Anybody that should ask the question: Raul prefers dogital ? is aking for the wrath of god.
Raul is at the moment preparing to unleash his finds of the goldring G800 and any distraction will Raul to visit the pope and ask for the wrath of god on that individual.
Not having met the man, I can say for sure that Raul does not prefer digital

Hello Audpulse, Raul explains his position very well, in his own words, on the " Is vinyl rig only for oldies" thread.

He thinks digital has less distortion.

Timeltel,
Myself, I dont have a religious preference. I value speed and timing, transparency which in my view derives from resolution and/or removal of resonances. My two favourite cartridges that fulfill this preference are the Decca London Garrot ( MI ) and the Ikeda ( MC ). Both of these cartridges have no conventional cantilever and are demanding of both arm and phono stage. I have also heard excellent sound from Garrot P77 ( Dynamic coil ), Soundsmith SG400 ( Strain gauge ) and Stax ( condensor ) all of which have their different attributes.
I have no issue with the proposition that in many systems MM's will be the optimal choice. I do have an issue if someone makes a blanket statement that MM's are better than MC's.
Frequency response claims are nebulous, when I first heard my Dynavector Nova 13D, it sounded lean in the bass. Then I heard it in a system flat to 13hz - different view entirely.
One point that we should all agree on, that is continually ignored when making cartridge recommendations, is that cartridges that are low compliance or push a lot of energy into the arm should not be used with mediocre arms.