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In Reply to: RE: And let's not forget the phonostage posted by bill_stevenson@bellsouth.net on January 03, 2017 at 11:55:21
I'm not a fan of the voicing of the AT MMs. I have a recent 150MLX which shares the same specification as the ANV (but without the sapphire pipe) and have tried it many times but still finding myself going away from it. For high output MMs, I still prefer the V15VMR or the Stanton 881 or CS100.
Regards Anthony
"Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty.." Keats
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Anthony,
Your tastes and mine are clearly similar. I ,too, have a V15Vxmr that I like a lot and a Stanton 881 that I like a lot. Haven't heard the CS100, though. And as I have already opined, the AT150ANV has been a disappointment.
Bill
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.
Regards Anthony
"Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty.." Keats
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