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In Reply to: RE: Owned a 301/II. Really did not care for it. I liked the 103s better. /nt\ posted by flood2 on June 3, 2017 at 15:37:17:
"Dark and shut in"? That is EXACTLY the opposite of the way I would describe the 301/II.
What loading were you using? On my Well Tempered Reference arm, Grace 707 and SME M2, I hear open, detailed, fast, dynamic, reasonably well balanced and fairly transparent sound. I packed up my Zu103 (my second one, I DO like this cartridge), it just is not the well rounded performer the the 301/II is. The 103 sounds great but leaves a lot out.
I think the 103 is certainly an easy and reasonable recommendation, but not the one cartridge I can live with anymore.
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- RE: Owned a 301/II. Really did not care for it. I liked the 103s better. /nt\ - TubeDriver 20:03:31 06/03/17 (9)
- RE: Owned a 301/II. Really did not care for it. I liked the 103s better. /nt\ - flood2 19:03:26 06/05/17 (0)
- RE: Owned a 301/II. Really did not care for it. I liked the 103s better. /nt\ - SoundMann 03:49:12 06/05/17 (3)
- RE: Owned a 301/II. Really did not care for it. I liked the 103s better. /nt\ - TubeDriver 04:46:35 06/05/17 (2)
- RE: Owned a 301/II. Really did not care for it. I liked the 103s better. /nt\ - TubeDriver 10:54:27 06/05/17 (0)
- Evidently, you're a bit loaded yourself,.. - Lew 10:09:18 06/05/17 (0)
- I tried several loading options from 100-200 Ohms. No joy. /nt\ - Opus 33 1/3 04:28:40 06/04/17 (3)
- RE: I tried several loading options from 100-200 Ohms. No joy. /nt\ - bjh 08:54:51 06/04/17 (2)
- RE: I tried several loading options from 100-200 Ohms. No joy. /nt\ - Dave Pogue 13:02:00 06/04/17 (1)
- RE: I tried several loading options from 100-200 Ohms. No joy. /nt\ - John Elison 13:39:25 06/04/17 (0)