Twl, you seem to be a real flat, black, and circular type of guy. Am I wrong when I assume that stylus shape is one of the major factors in exagerated noise? I know that the mechanical design plays a role as well, but in your experience do elliptical styli seem to be about the worst for this? I loved the tonal balance of the Grado I had, but could not stand to listen through all the extra surface noise on records that were quiet with my prior cartridge. My records may just be showing their age, and I know that different tip profiles rid in different spots on the groove.
I have been into vinyl for 30 years and for many years thought I would never even buy a CD player. It just seems difficult to optimize a system for two different sounding palyback systems. I am closer that ever to just ditching my table and anything associated with it. I could put the money into improving my CD playback and more CD's, as that is what I seem to use more that 95% of the time now. If I sold my analog rig I could get even closer to the state of the art in CD playback by updating to a new line stage and some other tweeks. It just seems a shame to have a table that just sits there most of the time and I feel that maintaining both causes too many compromises in both play back mediums. Don't get me wrong I was one of the last CD free guys around, I didn't buy a player until about 3-4 years ago, I hated digital, it sucked! My current player is pretty darn good though and sounds more like a
TT than I ever thought possible. I am at the cross roads. I may make a deal with the Digital Devil.
I have been into vinyl for 30 years and for many years thought I would never even buy a CD player. It just seems difficult to optimize a system for two different sounding palyback systems. I am closer that ever to just ditching my table and anything associated with it. I could put the money into improving my CD playback and more CD's, as that is what I seem to use more that 95% of the time now. If I sold my analog rig I could get even closer to the state of the art in CD playback by updating to a new line stage and some other tweeks. It just seems a shame to have a table that just sits there most of the time and I feel that maintaining both causes too many compromises in both play back mediums. Don't get me wrong I was one of the last CD free guys around, I didn't buy a player until about 3-4 years ago, I hated digital, it sucked! My current player is pretty darn good though and sounds more like a
TT than I ever thought possible. I am at the cross roads. I may make a deal with the Digital Devil.