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In Reply to: I've used the MP94E and the Ortofon 320U. No contest. posted by HenryH on May 14, 2007 at 19:16:14:
I just installed an Ortofon 320U onto my deck, a twenty-year-old Curtis Mathes KP-430. It's awesome. I've been experimenting with P mounts lately. I got an elliptical stylus (718-DEE) for my original P 23 cart that came with the TT from turntableneedles.com. I found out later that LP Gear carries ad 718-DEE for about the same price once you figure in shipping--$35 or so; I got a hyperelliptical stylus from LP Gear (PASO23HE) for $39; an Audio-Technica ESCAT301, which is an AT301EP cart with Ed Saunders' shibata stylus which makes it just like the discontinued AT331LP. You can get Ed Saunders' version with an extra stylus for $79 or so, which is half the price of the remaining AT331LP's sold by LP Gear. Lastly, I just got an Ortofon 320U from a guy on Audiogon for $50, which is $20 cheaper than retail.$200 later, what do I have?
The 718-DEE elliptical was a huge improvement over the original conical stylus. The conical stylus has always been bright and sibilant, and without the internet, I have to say, I never would have known better. The drastic improvement made me want to try the hyperelliptical, and that afforded another small improvement in midrange detail, though surface noise seemed to increase a little bit. Clicks and pops seemed more noticeable, mainly. The ESCAT301, was very bright at first, but eventually broke in and seemed to be right in between the elliptical and hyperelliptical--more midrange detail, not so noisy with the surface noises.
Then, I tried the nude fine line Ortofon 320U. It sounded awesome and, what was different was for the first time for me was that I think I've heard what people talk about when they want to describe timing. Something seemed more listenable. It wasn't just the sound, but the music seemed more "together." That's all I can really say about it right now. I'll do more listening soon enough.
Of course, now I want to try, lastly, an Ortofon OMP 30, just to see how it stands up against the 320U. But it's pretty pricey. I can get a few 320 U's for the price of an OMP 30, and I've already spent $200 on carts that I can't use all at once.
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- Re: I've used the MP94E and the Ortofon 320U. No contest. - New Guy 13:33:51 05/18/07 (1)
- Re: I've used the MP94E and the Ortofon 320U. No contest. - New Guy 13:43:44 05/18/07 (0)
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