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In Reply to: RE: My New Toys posted by stereo5 on June 01, 2012 at 17:07:52
I am glad you have arrived at something that satisfies you. I'm curious how you arrived at the cartridge and SUT combo that you did. I looked at your setup and suspect you could have aimed at a higher range cartridge and had been able to exploit it. I am in no way suggesting the Denon has any lacking features, in fact it is highly rated. I am also in the camp that says don't spend more if you don't have to. Did you look into other cartridges or have you been in the Denon camp for awhile and not seen any reason to reach higher?
I use a Clearaudio Virtuoso MM cartridge and have been thinking about going to MC with a SUT. Your post has got me thinking about what to consider and just how high to aim.
Scott
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This preamp replaced a Modulus 3A which also had the John Curl low output phono board. The ZU/Denon cartridge only has about 60 hours on it and I have had it in my system since 2009. I just don't play that many records any longer as I have a very expensive Esoteric multi-format player and also a dedicated laptop and Wyred dac.
I like the way the ZU/Denon sounds with my older rock recordings and I find the sound of my analog rig good enough for the amount of time I use it. I thought about replacing the cartridge with something different but it would have cost me a lot more money. In the future, if I upgrade the turntable, then I will buy a more expensive cartridge. The Denon SUT does it's job and I am getting zero hum from the setup.
Bob
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