I don’t think I’d have ever taken that away from mine. The bass is good. Out of all the cartridges I’ve had I’d say the 2M Red & Blue were by far and way the leanest on the low end.
Phono Cartridges - Your favorites and least favorites?
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I don’t think I’d have ever taken that away from mine. The bass is good. Out of all the cartridges I’ve had I’d say the 2M Red & Blue were by far and way the leanest on the low end.
HayesWeighsIn
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Is that a Shibata in general thing? Hell, maybe I’ll try AT’s 95 shibata first. That’s a hard price to argue with.
kvetcha
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Don’t have any real noise complaints with my SAE, which I believe is a Shibata (despite the LT meaning Line Trace).
Not really I think it’s a decision to make the 2M black very very transparent. I’d be interested to see how the nude shiabata on the LVB sounded in comparison.
But the Hana is plenty detailed but it isn’t harsh and it doesn’t over emphasise surface noise.
Another thing is it tracks warps like nothing I’ve ever had. There is nothing that I’ve thrown at it that it can’t handle.
Angsty
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I used a Bronze on the Traveler for a couple of weeks last year. I was surprised at my favorable impression of it. Steve at VAS informed me a while back that he could “re-tip” my Blue with a fine line stylus for less than the cost for a Bronze stylus. I decided to go the Hana SL path instead.
As much as I was singing the Hana’s praises the Quintet Black S was just better before I killed it. It is €350 more though and it does not like tracking any warps at all, its big arse gets in the way!
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Yeah I have a bronze as my current backup. I enjoyed it when I had it, it's smooth if not somewhat sterile. I think it would be great in certain systems, in mine it was good but not great. The black just added the punch and detail that I found the Bronze somewhat lacking in on my rig.
AnthonyI
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Synergy is a real thing.
Angsty
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Have you tried it on the Classic yet?
I haven't no, I'm sure it'll sound good but I don't think it'll be better than the black, definitely less picky though in terms of noise.
Angsty
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According to Steve at VAS, the line contact stylus is very similar in profile to the Shibata.
Angsty
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More on stylus profiles:
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Phono Cartridge Stylus Shapes
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The Quintet Black S is that without the brutality.
It was on my list but I'm likely going to do something wildly irresponsible involving the Soundsmith Paua.
One of my friend Dean's last acts of defiance was to lurch out of bed and fall onto one of his Large Advents knocking it into his Music Hall MMF-2 table wrecking the stylus on the original Goldring Elan cartridge. I want to replace the cartridge unless ya'll think getting a Chinese replacement stylus for the old cartridge is plausable. His wife still wants to listen to their records and I'm not a fan of Chinese knockoff crap. The online stylus choices all appear the same, even the ones that claim to be OEM with a price range of $14 to $81. Any recommendations for a modest replacement cartridge will be appreciated. Thanks.
Thanks @Joe Mac for the thoughts. We, including his wife are doing okay and moving forward with cleaning up his estate. As for cartridge choices, I'd like to keep the cost below $100.
