Originally Posted by
Jimbo
Now put about 50 hours on the 2M Black FGS and it has opened up significantly, not that it wasn't bad before but now the sound stage is huge with everything placed in the soundstage sounding wonderfully natural with beautiful acoustic space. Very nice uplift in transparency. This is as good an analogue sound as I have ever heard with lovely tactile nuances and superb tonal qualities to instruments.
I really believe this stylus has taken the 2M into another league and it has elevated a rather good MM cartridge to a level that for me makes me feel pursuing a really good MC is not really worth the time, expense or effort although I am sure Robbie may disagree a little there!
In all honesty Jim I know exactly where you're coming from.
You'll remember how much I banged on about the 2MB when I had mine, that cart opened my eyes to how good analogue can get like no other cart had. I rate it very highly.
Further testimony was that when I moved to my first mc, Ortofons Quintet Black I wasn't like ' this is wiping the floor' with the 2MB and that showed me again what a quality cart the 2MB is.
Same again when I went up again to the Cadenza Black, not a case of 'peeing' all over the 2MB.
Of course you get a bit more refinement and textural info but I'd expect that at least considering the cost, especially the Cadenza.
Now the 'big leap' in terms of everything is with the FGS on the Cadenza - absolutely, so I can only imagine what the FGS has done to the 2MB, hence I can appreciate what you're saying
Last edited by RobbieGong; 10-03-2019 at 09:43.
My System:
Amplification - Sansui AU-alpha 707 DR
Turntable - Technics SP10 MK2-Technics EPA-250 Tonearm-Yannis Tome 423.5Plus tonearm cable-Eichmann KLEI Absolute Harmony plugs.
Ortofon Cadenza Black moving coil cartridge-Fritz Gyger S re-tip. Panzerholz plinth.
CDP - Pioneer PD-91
Speakers - Spendor D7 on Soundcare SuperSpikes
QED Silver Spiral speaker cable-airloc banana plugs
Mains - Ultra Pure silver plated un-switched socket-Missing link EPS 500 silver plated plugs-Hi-Fi Tuning gold plated silver ceramic 13 amp fuses