I only have about 20 albums worth of listening and since I added a new table, arm, tubes and a bunch of other stuff at once, it's somewhat difficult to say what is the new cart versus the other stuff.
I'm coming from a Koetsu Blue Lace (that I'm keeping) on another headshell. What I can tell you is that the moment I swapped the Koetsu for the EMT, the thing that stuck out immediately was the increased clarity of the EMT.
I always felt that the Koetsu got me amazing tone and brought me incredibly close to being "in the room" if you will. But there always seemed to be just the slightest hint of film keeping me from getting totally inside.
The EMT got me all the way inside. It didn't immediately have the same magical tone & bite that the Koetsu had, but that seems to be opening up.
I'll try to remember to update as things settle in and I can start comparing the sound of the carts more accurately.
