Gazza
500+ Head-Fier
Oh my, what ever could this be?
Hmmmm, an unassuming gray box.
Uh, oh...
So, my old cartridge - the Ortofon Kontrapunkt C - is dead due to old age and I needed a new one. Rather than doing the sensible thing and just getting a similar cartridge or a slight upgrade I decided to push the boat out and simply get the best.
Yeah... it's something alright.
I've only clocked an our or so on it so obviously it needs way more time to bed in but man, the sound is like nothing I've ever heard before. In fact, it's so alien and strange that the only conclusion I can draw is that everything I've listened to before and everything I thought I knew about audio is wrong and this, this is right. Sure, it does the wanky audiophile thing of gobs more detail, bass imaging, blah, blah , blah. That doesn't matter. I feel I'm listening to my albums for the first time ever and I need some time to adjust.
I'll update when I've listened to the cartridge a lot more.
Let us all hold a candle vigil for my wallet.
Hmmmm, an unassuming gray box.
Uh, oh...
So, my old cartridge - the Ortofon Kontrapunkt C - is dead due to old age and I needed a new one. Rather than doing the sensible thing and just getting a similar cartridge or a slight upgrade I decided to push the boat out and simply get the best.
Yeah... it's something alright.
I've only clocked an our or so on it so obviously it needs way more time to bed in but man, the sound is like nothing I've ever heard before. In fact, it's so alien and strange that the only conclusion I can draw is that everything I've listened to before and everything I thought I knew about audio is wrong and this, this is right. Sure, it does the wanky audiophile thing of gobs more detail, bass imaging, blah, blah , blah. That doesn't matter. I feel I'm listening to my albums for the first time ever and I need some time to adjust.
I'll update when I've listened to the cartridge a lot more.
Let us all hold a candle vigil for my wallet.