I think there is a good chance that either I never had the Jubilee set up right (although not for lack of trying - tail up / tail neutral / tail down, different VTF's, different settings even tubes on my minimax) or it was just a poor match with my gear (maybe the Minimax). The Jubilee had little sparkle, no dynamics when compared to the Denon, it was very accurate and polite.
Have always been curious about the Ven den Hul - will check for reviews. Any thoughts on its match with the Amadeus. Don't want to repeat my Jubilee experiment. Two good recommendations though with the Dynavector and Ven den Hul.
David
Hi David, I have a jubilee setup on my WTA. I've posted here in the past concerning the WT headshell being to small to mount Ortofon cartridges properly. My jubilee initially sounded ringy on the WTA (it was intolerable), but I managed to fix this by grinding down the screws a little. Since the head shell is to small to reach the 3 lumps on the cartridge , my screws ended up being to long (the head shell is also very thin) and as a consequence it was reaching the end of thread before it was properly tightened. Once properly tightned the Jubilee sounds absolutely wonderful on the well tempered. But again my phono stage has Sowter 8055's which are made for Ortofon specs, so I knew it was not my phonostage.
Hope this helps anyone who might have any problems with ortofon cartridges. I still wish the head shell would be the right size to properly mount an ortofon cartridge, but I can't say it does not sound great.
Regards,
robert