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In Reply to: Re: Benz LP vs. Dynavector XV-1s posted by Frank P on August 4, 2005 at 14:33:00:
Hi Frank,Yeah, the OC9ML/II is pretty cheap. You can get one brand new for less than $300. Mine has the most perfectly shaped line-contact stylus I’ve ever observed under a microscope. It also has a boron cantilever and it tracks better than a Shure V15VxMR. Moreover it has less than half the measurable harmonic and IM distortion as the Shure, and less than one forth the harmonic distortion as the XV-1. Unfortunately, I forgot to measure IM distortion on the XV-1 when I had it mounted in my system.
The XV-1, on the other hand, just doesn’t sound as nice in my system as the OC9ML/II. The XV-1 sounds a bit more full and dark with slightly rolled off highs. It also has significant inter-channel phase shift in the upper frequencies. Beginning at 1000-Hz, the channels start to diverge, reaching a phase shift of 90-degrees at 20-kHz. When I play a mono record and flip the mono switch on my preamp, the high frequencies (cymbals) drop down in volume. With the OC9ML/II, there is no audible difference with the mono switch on or off because it has virtually zero inter-channel phase shift.
Best regards,
John Elison
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- Re: Benz LP vs. Dynavector XV-1s - John Elison 15:54:28 08/04/05 (1)
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