grw@inmet.UUCP (12/17/83)
#N:inmet:2600023:000:644 inmet!grw Dec 15 11:34:00 1983 I am planning to purchase a Denon DP15 turntable and a good quality cartridge within a few weeks. I am currently trying to decide whether to purchase a (near the) top of the line Signet, the TK7ea, or the top of the line Shure, the V15 Type 5 MW. I would like some feedback on the merits of either of these cartridges including comparison info from any of you who may have auditioned both. I have a TK5 on my turntable now and I like its sound (I am partial to bright sounding cartridges). Opinions anyone? -- Gary Wasserman ...harpo!inmet!grw ...hplabs!sri-unix!cca!ima!inmet!grw ...yale-comix!ima!inmet!grw
tpchmara@wateng.UUCP (Tom Chmara) (12/19/83)
I just purchased a Pickering XSV-4000 cartridge for my (gaak!) JVC turntable --
a QLY-3F. This cartridge replaces a Signet TK5E which I bought with the
turntable. My choice was based on the following criteria:
a) I needed a non-high-compliance cartridge (not an ultra-low mass arm)
b) I like a crisp sound -- wire brushes and violins should SOUND like
wire brushes and violins, NOT dying cats.
c) My budget was limited (<$200 Cdn) -- eliminating the Grace F9E Ruby,
etc.
I listened to a $150 Grado ( sorry, no model # ) and a Fidelity Research,
and considered a higher-order Signet. I decided on the Pickering based on
what I heard in the store and again when I brought it home. I have been
very favourably impressed ever since. It is FLAT in response, with no sharp
edges. A warning--it hides nothing. Bad pressings sound just plain bad,
whereas the Signet covered a bit of that up.
I make no claims to be an audiophile, I just know what I like. You are
free to ignore or use any of this (as you will, anyway). Good luck in your
search.
From the unbelievably biased desk of
---tpc--- @ University of Waterloo