Hi Dave
I would say it sounds very neutral but a lot depends on the cartridge chosen of course. Turntables/Cartridges/Tonearms/ Phone Stages/ provide a real soup of mixtures so you can end up with a variety of sounds depending upon you preference. My preference is really great transient response and quiet grove tracking so my choice of cartridge may be different than yours. It is one reason I want to offer a 'plug and play' system using the Bryston Table/Arm/Cartridge/Phono section in a package already set up and optimized.
I have a number of MC cartridges and the Bryston Tonearm is well suited to these type of cartridges but most MM cartridges are OK and I have an Ortofon Black MM that works well..
Yes we are working on both new Target Equipment Racks with isolated turntable top shelfs as well as Turntable 'on wall' racks.
james
james, your description of the sound is right up my alley. i just wanna hear what's in the grooves, not the tt, cart, wiring...which is what some audiophiles get their kicks out of.
well, yes of course...absolutely many variables, and you have to be careful in terms of matching cartridge to arm and setup in general.
more than a few people don't really have the patience to do tt setup after over a quarter century of cd, so plug and play is a great idea. i'm all for it, really. now will the arm and cart be set up there at the factory, or?
i've never owned an mc due to the cost of retipping or having to buy a whole new cart. but they do sound great, though. the ortofon black is 1 of the best mms on the market. i prefer the top audio-technica's, and while some say they're thin and bright sounding as some say about bryston ad nauseum, i find them to be very open and alive, as well as very robust. my reference for the past 9 years has been the at150mlx model. let me know if this would work with your tt.
sounds great about the target racks... they'll probably sell like hot cakes too, and audiophiles will be salivating over them...and you can write me up for 1 of those! further down the road, unfortunately as i'd love to have 1 now, i take it you have the original blue-prints too, true?
anyway, thanks for your time as always!
