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Re: Doh! That's the one

That Te Kaitora sure looks like a nicely built machine. I wondered about the frequency response of the higher up models from Dynavector. Based on the way they are constructed, ie. with a longer boron cantilever, I kind of thought that they might measure more like a typical high end MC cartridge with a dip between 2-5Khz and then a big rising top end from the resonance of the cantilever. One of the benefits of using a very short very stiff cantilever is that the resonance is at 100Khz.

Obviously most cantilevers have their resonance just outside the audio band. It can give a false sense of air and detail and the dip in the presence region is the same kind of effect you see designed into some "high end" speakers to create a false sense of depth. However, this is not what is on the recording and I find that good recordings have plenty of space and air as it is.

I am glad to hear that the higher up models from Dynavector don't have these falsehoods in them. Perhaps that is why they are so highly regarded?

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