Soundsmith Aida Ebony Phono Cartridge: Looking For Your Last Best Cartridge? This Could Be It, At A Decent Price!
Soundsmith Aida Ebony Phono Cartridge: Looking For Your Last Best Cartridge? This Could Be It, At A Decent Price!
Once upon a time I was quite enamored of the top-of-the-line Shure cartridges for their musical accuracy (was that their slogan then?), superb tracking, and other audible virtues. Then, I ventured into the world of moving coils from such companies as Ortofon, Dynavector, Fidelity Research, and so on. There I found greater dynamic performance, a seemingly closer-to-the-vinyl sense of rightness, and, of course, much higher prices. ...
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"The Soundsmith Carmen's ultra-low-mass MI assembly plays with more agility, is more naturally detailed, and sounds less stressed than any MC I'm aware of. Its treble is not dull or rolled off—it's just the most authentic treble I've experienced from a phonographic transducer." 
