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In Reply to: Stanton 400 V3 @ 1.5 grams sounds better than Grado, AT, Shure V15 VxMR?? What???!!! posted by Mr Blue Sky on May 20, 2007 at 20:25:15:
I just installed an appropriate vintage NOS Pickering elliptical stylus that tracks at 1 to 3 grams and the improvement over the spherical stylus is monumental. Bass may not be as huge or defined, but vast upgrade in separation, information retrieval, liquidity, and natural tonality. Looking forward to running in this new stylus. The thing sounds fantastic....musicality in spades. Now I'm curious to try the new 400 V3 with the upgrade elliptical stylus that the amazingly friendly and helpful cat over at KAB sells. This would be a $40 experiment and if it sounds/performs as good as what I have now, it's basically just taken every Grado, Sumiko, Benz, Shure, Audio Technica, Empire, etc that I've toyed with to the cleaners. Could it be that the broadcast/DJ crowd had it right all along? Flat response, high output/low noise floor, simple two coil design....vs screechy and sterile "audiophile" nonsense that's done nothing for me thus far other than hurt my ears and make me want to turn off the stereo. This is getting stranger every day.......
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- UPDATE: Changed to vintage NOS Pickering elliptical stylus, huge improvement - Mr Blue Sky 05/21/0716:31:47 05/21/07 (2)
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- UPDATE: Grado thrashes Stanton - Mr Blue Sky 18:13:50 05/22/07 (0)