Dear Lapporte: Brinkmann is perhaps the only analog manufacturer that that has the " only one solution ": TT/tonearm/cartridge.
IMHO that's an advantage over other alternatives because in theory exist a true synergy in between those items in theory the voicing of those items were made it with all together till they achieved Brikmann audio/music targets.
If I was you that is the first road I take it, hear it and decide if could be worth to test other alternatives.
Only from the tonearms and cartridges you name it when you combined in between ( tonearms with cartridges ) you have over 40K different alternatives. Obviously you can't test each one in all your life.
Additional you can find out other very good cartridges that can fulfil your targets, the VdH Colibri is one example, can compete with the ones you name it and like the Colibri some others out there. Btw, the Dyna ( I'm refering to the XV-1s not the t one that's a little different and for some is alittle on dark side. ) and Colibri not only are top performers but " tonearm friendly ".
Btw, music dynamic range comes in the recording and to hear it in all its glory we need that at each audio system link we add and lost nothing. This situation unfortunatelly can't exist each system link adds and throught it losted recording information through different kind of distortions that degraded the signal.
Well, a good damped tonearm like the Kuzma you name it has lower distortions than other tonearms that likes Syntax. He said is: soft, but IMHO it is not what is is that have lower distortions. Distortions higher distortions normally are heard as " extendended dynamic range " but it is not, that is a false appreciation.
As lower distortions in any audio system link as better and real natural dynamic range we have and we can enjoy.
About the tonearms you name it their designs are really different and you have there unipivot and fixed bearing designs and at this regards normally the unipivots we tend to thing are more faster and alive than other kind of designs but are really faster/alive?, this is a subject for other ocasion/thread.
Have fun on your hunting.
Regards and enjoy the music,
R.
IMHO that's an advantage over other alternatives because in theory exist a true synergy in between those items in theory the voicing of those items were made it with all together till they achieved Brikmann audio/music targets.
If I was you that is the first road I take it, hear it and decide if could be worth to test other alternatives.
Only from the tonearms and cartridges you name it when you combined in between ( tonearms with cartridges ) you have over 40K different alternatives. Obviously you can't test each one in all your life.
Additional you can find out other very good cartridges that can fulfil your targets, the VdH Colibri is one example, can compete with the ones you name it and like the Colibri some others out there. Btw, the Dyna ( I'm refering to the XV-1s not the t one that's a little different and for some is alittle on dark side. ) and Colibri not only are top performers but " tonearm friendly ".
Btw, music dynamic range comes in the recording and to hear it in all its glory we need that at each audio system link we add and lost nothing. This situation unfortunatelly can't exist each system link adds and throught it losted recording information through different kind of distortions that degraded the signal.
Well, a good damped tonearm like the Kuzma you name it has lower distortions than other tonearms that likes Syntax. He said is: soft, but IMHO it is not what is is that have lower distortions. Distortions higher distortions normally are heard as " extendended dynamic range " but it is not, that is a false appreciation.
As lower distortions in any audio system link as better and real natural dynamic range we have and we can enjoy.
About the tonearms you name it their designs are really different and you have there unipivot and fixed bearing designs and at this regards normally the unipivots we tend to thing are more faster and alive than other kind of designs but are really faster/alive?, this is a subject for other ocasion/thread.
Have fun on your hunting.
Regards and enjoy the music,
R.