RE: What competes with the AT33MONO in the ( $600 range?

Posted by Dave Garretson (A) on November 27, 2015 at 09:59:49

In Reply to: RE: What competes with the AT33MONO in the ( $600 range? posted by tonyptony on November 27, 2015 at 07:16:23:

With just ten hours of run in it's early for judgment. So far while spinning mostly the Beatles box and 50's Verve and Riverside jazz, the AT has the hallmarks of what I was hoping for in a mono cartridge. Dynamic and organic, wide and layered soundstage(with none of the receding bullseye pattern of lesser mono), more resolving than expected from a spherical stylus, and quieter in the groove than a stereo cartridge.

It's mounted to one of two SME 3012R arms on a Luxman PD444 into a Pass XP-25 phono stage with switchable inputs. With a mono record the AT does pretty much everything better than a $3K Accuphase AC-5 LOMC stereo cartridge of similar output and compliance on the second SME arm. Relative to the stereo cartridge, the mono cartridge has more center density, liveliness, and tonality, while still sounding neutral across FR.

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Topic - What competes with the AT33MONO in the ( $600 range? - tonyptony 13:56:01 11/26/15 (15)

RE: What competes with the AT33MONO in the ( $600 range? - rlindsa 13:40:01 11/28/15 (2)

RE: What competes with the AT33MONO in the ( $600 range? - tonyptony 15:41:28 11/28/15 (1)

RE: What competes with the AT33MONO in the ( $600 range? - rlindsa 16:30:00 11/28/15 (0)

RE: What competes with the AT33MONO in the ( $600 range? - Dave Garretson 06:55:01 11/27/15 (8)

RE: What competes with the AT33MONO in the ( $600 range? - bill_stevenson@bellsouth.net 15:07:24 11/27/15 (3)

RE: What competes with the AT33MONO in the ( $600 range? - Dave Garretson 15:47:38 11/27/15 (2)

RE: What competes with the AT33MONO in the ( $600 range? - bill_stevenson@bellsouth.net 06:00:13 11/28/15 (1)

RE: What competes with the AT33MONO in the ( $600 range? - Dave Garretson 07:43:27 11/28/15 (0)

RE: What competes with the AT33MONO in the ( $600 range? - tonyptony 07:16:23 11/27/15 (3)

RE: What competes with the AT33MONO in the ( $600 range? - Dave Garretson 09:59:49 11/27/15 (2)

Thanks Dave - tonyptony 11:01:02 11/27/15 (1)

RE: AT - Dave Garretson 11:33:42 11/27/15 (0)

RE: What competes with the AT33MONO in the ( $600 range? - neobop 04:30:31 11/27/15 (2)

RE: What competes with the AT33MONO in the ( $600 range? - tonyptony 06:03:36 11/27/15 (1)

RE: What competes with the AT33MONO in the ( $600 range? - neobop 07:40:24 11/27/15 (0)

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RE: What competes with the AT33MONO in the ( $600 range? - Dave Garretson 09:59:49 11/27/15 (2)

Thanks Dave - tonyptony 11:01:02 11/27/15 (1)

RE: AT - Dave Garretson 11:33:42 11/27/15 (0)

RE: What competes with the AT33MONO in the ( $600 range?

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