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Could someone give me a "heads up"on one of these bodies?Don grb
A few weeks ago i won an auction on the Japanese Buyee/Yahoo site for a JVC/Victor Z1 with original beryllium cantilever.The sound of this cartridge was immediately impressive with a glorious deep bottom end and realistic seductive midrange ... My joy was short-lived as mistracking became evident (especially on the inner grooves) A collapsed suspension was revealed as the culprit and no amount of VTA and VTF adjustment could ameliorate the problem. I suspect that the absence of a stylus guard may carry most of the blame for this condition as Banquo also has a sample with the same problem... I have a SAS stylus on the way as a replacement...but will have to wait for my return in February to test it.... Luckily I have had enough hours with the original stylus to be confident of assessing a comparison...
No SAS for the X1 here.... (hesitant to get a 4th SAS when my other 3 are barely run in!)And the TK7LCa, well it is basically an AT20ss isn't it - and I have to say the AT20ss is pretty spectacular...
Well I can certainly agree that the TK7LCa is pretty spectacular.....but as for being like the AT20ss.....I see Marilyn Monroe and Mia Farrow...
I think whether one perceives a difference between a conical or a more advanced tip when tracking a groove in a record would depend on the groove itself. There is no doubt that a more advanced tip is 'capable' of capturing more information that a more benign conical (if that conical is of the larger variety in diameter). Some conicals are actually half or less than the diameter you have referred to. But not all, and I would venture to say that most of the records that we purchase do not contain this 'capable' range of frequencies or information for this retrieval! Then of course we could also discuss hearing abilities. I am in my 60's. I seriously doubt that I can hear above 18K! (grin)
I would imagine there are those that spend the day listening to test records. Or even canons? Those people would prefer to spend their time with a Jico SAS or like tip profiles. But others, those that like to spend their time listening to records, the everyday 'normal' kind, could and do find the Denon's quite enjoyable.I am not saying the Denon's are the best or even 2nd best. I just stating measured response on a graph using a test tone isn't what everyone is looking to discover nor do they find it as meaningful as other find it! I have records that did prove the Jico SAS as being the most revealing in tone, timbres and sonics, including soundstage. But of the 4,000+ records that I own, this small handful of records could be counted with just 1 hand! (grin)And I do have BTW, a RCM so dirty records is not my 'problem'. (grin) Now worn records, well we all have a few of those!Regards,
But I also love the AT20ss and that measures flat as a tack across the frequency response....