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RE: Technics SL 1301 tone arm effective mass questions . . .

Posted by flood2 (A) on March 1, 2017 at 00:26:34

In Reply to: Technics SL 1301 tone arm effective mass questions . . . posted by JoshT on February 28, 2017 at 22:57:04:

Hi Josh

I was just talking to John about this. They have added the cartridge mass to that number so it is likely to be around 16g, but I've never seen effective mass spec'd like that.
The M97xE is a nice sounding cartridge - I have one as well. The "x" denotes the Shure "Audiophile" curve where they deliberately sweetened the top end (read: Rolled off the top end!). I understand that the V15VMR was criticised for sounding too much like CD so the V15VxMR was introduced with the new curve to address the critcism (so the story goes). The response shelves down from about 5kHz in the presence band to 10kHz. Then it is flat to >20kHz. This is why it sounds richer and fuller. At the time a lot of users were disappointed with the sound and considered it "dull". However, I think with classical and jazz it is a very pleasing and unfatiguing sound. With bass heavy material it can sound a little ponderous though. AT MMs are often criticised (myself included) for sounding a little bright because there is an emphasis around 10 to 12kHz.
Regards Anthony

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