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In the Thread: Buying a last cartridge.
Post Subject: VersusPosted by Paul S on: 9/7/2008
I have compaired the Ortofon Jubilee to the MC3000II. The former is more "unctuous", "viscous", "smooth", or "suave", and easier on recordings, per se. The latter, although very tape-like in balance, attack and transparency, is less forgiving and, as I have reported, more sensitive to VTA, especially with poor electricity. Neither of these cartridges "helps" with macro-dynamics, and neither is "dramatic" in its own right. I would say the Jubilee would be a safer bet for most people, and I imagine it would be easier to integrate into a system. Neither picks up a lot of dust, and both seem to do a nice job of "setting aside" surface noise. When all else is OK with the system, the 3000II can do nice "slow" bass. I did not get to check the Jubilee for this ability.
I have also heard the Ortofon MC5000 and MC7500. These cartridges are more "high-end" to my ears, and they do more to "enhance" dynamics and detail, with some upward stretching of tone and more obvious "extension".
I have not heard the new MC Windfeld, but I am guessing it is more of a flat-measuring "Super Jubilee" than a successor to the older sintered-ceramic 2000/3000 "studio" cartridges. The Windfeld does share the "Replicant" cutter-type stylus with the "studio" cartridges, although it is a good deal more compliant and it easily out-tracks the oldsters.
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Paul SRerurn to Romy the Cat's Site