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Audio Technica ART9 a good move from DV XXIIMk2?

I have been listening to a Dynavector XXII Mk2 on my LP12 Valhalla with Kuzma Stogi arm for quite some while. Recently, I have the opportunity to acquire an Audio Technica ART9 for a pretty good price. I wonder if it would be a good move.

The XXII Mk2 sounds pretty decent to me, but I would say that with the current setup, it does not seem to be as lively and open as I would like. (I changed from an old Akito I to the Stogi, which gave much better density and stability of sound, but seems a little less PRAT.) The phono stage is the AD2800 phono card in an Accuphase C2400 preamp, whose loading setting maxes out at 100 ohms (Would this be a problem?). I listen to jazz mostly. I read that although the ART7 probably has a more interesting air core, but it also has very little output and seems more voiced for classical, hence my interest in the ART9 (Is this correct?)

Thanks.


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Topic - Audio Technica ART9 a good move from DV XXIIMk2? - eduardoo 01:51:56 11/24/14 (11)

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