Quote Originally Posted by jandl100 View Post
And it is a 'deliberate' choice, coloured sources are chosen because they are preferred.
They don't need to be accurate, just preferred.
I'm sure it is for some, but I can assure you, that's not why I own a turntable or play records.

And in my experience, even high cost cartridges differ markedly in sound - they can't all be correct! Cartridge colourations abound at all price levels.
Absolutely, and no-one's saying that they're all "correct".

However, the level of 'correctness' heard varies considerably, depending on how well set-up and partnered they've been (which in reality has a HUGE bearing on the sound of any cartridge), and also in terms of the tonearm chosen and phono stage.

I could demonstrate the same cartridge in two identical systems, and deliberately skew it so that in one you wouldn't think you were listening to the same cartridge!

Also, at the end of the day, it all goes through the most coloured sounding thing of all, the speakers, the distortions in which make those in cartridges pale into insignificance.

How flat do your MBLs measure?

Oh, and I won't even mention the graphic equalisers you love!!

Marco.