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RE: And let's not forget the phonostage

Hi John,

Within limits (that are subjective and not defined) I think your point is quite valid. We tend to judge components subjectively and our standard of comparison tends to be other components. Does A sound better, or B sound better? That type of thing. We ask ourselves questions like this rather than does A sound like the original, or does B sound more like the original? Of course we don't have access to the original in most cases. The two guys who actually compared the sound of cartridges to the sound of the masters that were made to cut the discs in the first place were Doug Sax and Gordon Holt. They both preferred MM cartridges. Sax liked the Stanton 681 series, and Holt liked the Shure V15 series. On the other hand, different cartridges do sound different from each other. But we should not delude ourselves by claiming too much for our choices. I still own and enjoy a V15-Vmr mounted on an SME Series III arm. But is it total bull shit to also own and enjoy newer more expensive cartridges? I dunno. Like you said, YRMV.

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