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RE: And let's not forget the phonostage
Posted by flood2 on January 6, 2017 at 16:42:34:
Yes, it would appear so - I dare say we also share the same curiousity in hearing what different cartridges sound like hence we both seem to have quite a large selection!!
I would say that the 881 has a slightly "warmer" sound to it compared to the CS100. The CS100 on the other hand has a very "fast" and clear sound that borders on the slightly cool side of neutral, but it is nevertheless very transparent. It is not too different to the V15VMR with a JICO SAS tip. However, none of the high output MMs can touch the low impedance design for soundstage realism and neutrality to me. I think Walter Stanton must have been very frustrated that popular opinion in the Audio press focussed on a belief that MCs sounded good by virtue of the transducer principle rather than the engineering related aspects and this negatively impacted on sales and the LZS bodies disappeared too soon.