Originally Posted by
Barry
I tried it briefly in an SME 3009 arm, tracking at 3.5g. Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad cartridge, it's just that I have several far better cartridges in my collection (IMO
) and saw no reason to keep it.
A bit like the Shure M3D, I simply don't understand the plaudits these cartridges attract.
I completely agree with you to some extent. I have cartridges which simply put the SC35C to shame. I sometimes can't be bothered waiting for my valve setup to fully warm up and sometime I just like to listen to a record straight away and this cartridge sounds great (to my ears) from the start. I also view this type of cartridge as an investment in longevity for my expensive (the £1K+ jobbies) cartridges in that sometimes I'll quite happily listen to a decent MM plugged into the EAR 309 clone for a few hours and save the wear and tear on say the Cadenza black or my SPU's.
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