Posted by nelso on July 25, 2001 at 05:05:48

In Reply to: REVIEW: DYNAVECTOR KARAT 17D mk 2 Phono Cartridge Review by Mister Pig at Audio Asylum posted by Mister Pig on July 24, 2001 at 21:38:15:

Hi MisterPig,

Thanks for the well written review, I also have a 17D mkII.

> If anyone has any questions or comments, I would love to hear them. <

I'd like to make a few comments.

I am in agreement regarding the lack of surface noise, reproduction of detail, & to my ears, & with my system, the lean presentation of the cart. This is mostly in comparison with an AT OC9. The OC9 is detrimentally brighter in comparison also.

In addition, I have found the cartridge to be unforgiving of poor recordings. A well recorded, well pressed, unworn disc sounds superb, but unfortunately, it's a pretty small %age of my lps which fall into that category! That's the price you pay for owning a deatil fiend, I guess.

Due to the low mass of the cart., I have had to add a bit of mass to the headshell of my 'arm to allow suitable VTF adjustment....no biggie.

> I also set VTA up with the body of the cartridge parallel to the record <

I have found I have to do crazy extremes of VTA to get clearly audible differences with this cartridge.

> The owners manual states a .23mv output at 1KHZ, but another part of the manual puts its output voltage at .16 mv. <

Yeah, I have seen that also. I think the lower value is a leftover from when it WAS a v. low output MC. I believe you could disregard that figure with the current model.

Kind Regards,
Phil Jeffery

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