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gbhsi1:

Oh, and my brother has just joined the vinyl nation & he just loves it! Got himself a pro-ject genie III & pro-ject phono stage which I think is just brilliant!

Snap   It is a lovely little TT great Value for money, does he have the standard Cartridge? can not make my mind up weather to upgrade to the RED.

 Have fun sorting through you friends vinyl, I love finding a record I want in good condition, which reminds me I have about 50 LP's to clean. 

pwiles1968:

gbhsi1:

Oh, and my brother has just joined the vinyl nation & he just loves it! Got himself a pro-ject genie III & pro-ject phono stage which I think is just brilliant!

 

Snap   It is a lovely little TT great Value for money, does he have the standard Cartridge? can not make my mind up weather to upgrade to the RED.

 Have fun sorting through you friends vinyl, I love finding a record I want in good condition, which reminds me I have about 50 LP's to clean. 

 

 

gbhsi1:

...so what difference would a rondo red salsa MC cartridge make on my turntable as I currently have the 2M red?

Hello Mr Henley! I've got a boggo-standard Project Debut 2 Phone SB, sounds perfectly fine with my old setup, which is only a Sony STR-930 AV amp and some Kef Cresta 2 speakers, nothing amazing but I wouldn't be averse to having a new cartridge put on it if it'll make a noticable enough difference, what would you recommend? Obviously the budget would be in keeping with the level of the turntable (I doubt there's much point putting a top-end cartridge on there for instance), whatever would be considered sensible really.

I am going to be replacing the amp and speakers at some point in the near future, would it be advisable to hold of changing the cartridge until after I've done that?

what about the grado red

just bought one and it sounds pretty good to me better than the new ortofons which are a bit too bouncy for me 

Henley:

A far better diamond profile and, of course, it's nude!

In real terms, far greater information retrieval from the record

The diamond being in the stylus then, so it's only the stylus that's different?

What exactly does "nude" mean in the context?

"Nude styli, shaped from whole diamonds, are more costly than bonded styli, with their diamond tips “bonded” to metal shanks before finishing. But because of their lower mass, nude styli track more accurately. Also, since AT’s nude styli are grain-oriented, with their longest-wearing faces touching the record surface, they last longer." - http://www.kissthesky.net/techinfoneedleinfo.html

@ Henley:

I hear the 2M red's stylus can be replaced with the 2M blue's stylus. Is this true / is the benefit comparable to the 2M blue?