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    Hi Gordon,

    Quote Originally Posted by Gordon Steadman View Post
    Exactly and that is what the GL75 did. What can be more accurate than actually sounding like real music and real musical instruments? Nothing cuddly about the sound of violins, trumpets and saxophones.
    That's fine, it it's agreed by all who were present, that's what the GL75 *actually* did, otherwise it's just your word (and preferences) against theirs!

    I was only commenting on what Richard said about the GL75, based on his experience of it, which mirrors my own.

    When I can hear the sonic signature of the T/T imbued over the music, that's what turns me off. The former should simply act, sonically, as near as possible, as an 'invisible carrier' for the latter. That's what the best T/Ts do. They get out of the equation and let the music speak for itself.

    You are in danger of perpetuating the myth about the GL75 and its brethren in the same way you complain about people labelling the Technics. Richard is wont to do the same thing but then his view is as biased as yours only towards pink side of life. He keeps telling my Quad amps dim and murky and I say bollocks to him as well
    Lol.... Well, at the end of the day I guess all any of us can do is tell it how we hear it, based on our sonic preferences and benchmark of how real instruments and voices are supposed to sound.

    I think we've gotten to the bottom of what was likely responsible for the 'clinical' nature of Kevin's Techy: the cartridge - or more specifically - the lack of synergy its sound had in the context with that of the partnering system.

    Quite simply, as I can comment from considerable experience in this area, sterility (clinical sound) is NOT inherent in the DNA of the Technics; it's only something that occurs when the wrong ancillaries are employed, or the T/T is used in an unsympathetic system.

    The reason I'm determined to get that message across, Gordon, is so that folk aren't put off going down the modded Technics route, as a result of a false accusation of sterility, when that needn't happen

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  2. #72
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimbo View Post
    Yep I found that Kevin. The 2M likes to be tracked at the top end of its weight 1.6 -1.7g. You will get even more out of it if you can alter the tonearm height and get the back end of the cartridge down a tad. Azimuth also critical. I have spent 2 years fiddling with mine and it now delivers superb sound.
    Thanks for the tip. I have just nudged the arm down a tad (VTA on the fly makes it easy) and it seems to be responding well. I just need to check the VTF.
    Wife is home, and daughter is asleep, so this is currently done on headphones - I'll check speaker output when I next get the chance.
    Kevin

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