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In Reply to: Audio Technica ART9 a good move from DV XXIIMk2? posted by eduardoo on November 24, 2014 at 01:51:56:
Here are my thoughts about the ART9, please check this thread:
http://www.pinkfishmedia.net/forum/showthread.php?t=162362
My monicker on PFM is "Pani".
Just to summarize the ART9 is a very good performer. Being the reference cart from a company like Audio Technica it actually sounds like a top quality reference cartridge. More transparent than the XX2 mk2, equally dynamic as the Lyra Delos and better PRAT/flow than either of them. In fact in terms of PRAT it is one of the absolute best I have heard. It is also one of the most neutral cartridge around. I have heard the Ortofon Cadenza Bronze too. Ultimately all these big cartridge companies who sell carts all the way to $10k range will deliberately short change their lower priced cart in some way or the other. It is audible. With ART9 I dont hear compromises! It is terrifically transparent, fast with a solid presence and body to the music. No coloration, no gimmicks. I have not heard the ART7 so I cannot say whether it is better or not but I bought the ART9 because I was told it is a better all-rounder and a much easier cart to mate with a phonostage. Considering that the ART9 is actually cheaper than all the other carts I have mentioned here, it is not funny how good it sounds. If I change I will only look at a Lyra Kleos and the likes.
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Follow Ups
- I have the ART9 - Plinius_Fan 00:54:34 11/27/14 (1)
- RE: I have the ART9 - eduardoo 02:01:51 11/27/14 (0)
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