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In the Thread: The mystery of Koetsu Onyx Cartridges.
Post Subject: Cartridges are toughPosted by Romy the Cat on: 9/27/2009
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marknoir,
I have a lot of feedback in direct emails regarding to my “hate of Koetsu”. What I conceded that there is a different between Andrian’s version of “lash but slight noney-dripped” sound and my version of “dull sound”. They have the same name and belong the same company but they are absolutely different products. The same like Tannoy 1955 drivers had no resemblance with Tannoy 2005. There are many other examples. I had no exposure to old Koetsu, so, I have no idea what they are. I also see not need to rebuild a new cartridge to get better sound out of it.
Cartridges are tough and to talk about them in many cases is difficult. The conditions for cartridges use are different and also the production of them is not stable. Even big companies with standardized machine production can do the same mode of the same batch with drastic difference in sound. The quality control is very low and very few even understand what to pay attention during quality control. The small manufacturers with hand-production are even more off the wall and their Cartridges might be anything you can imagine. So, it is hard to generalize. I am glad that I am not in business or reviewing cartridges but reviewing my own sound. I have 3 cartridges on my TT as now and one of them (the mono one) does not behave as I expect it - I have no idea why…
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