Is there anybody out there who upgraded from Clearaudio Insider Reference Wood to the Clearaudio Goldfingers?
Improvements? Change in tonality?
Regarding the Goldfinger Statement Jonathan Valin wrote in TAS Issue 216, October 2011:
"Youre going to find this hard to fathomI certainly didbut in tonal balance the cartridge that the Statement most resembles isnt the Goldfinger v2 or the Ortofon A90, which is what you might expect; it is the Koetsu Blue Lace! Yep, this is a voluptuous-sounding transducerthe polar opposite of the traditional Clearaudio sound.
Now, I dont know if this gorgeous tonal palette will change with further break-in. But at the moment this is one ravishingly beautiful cartridge to listen to. Let me be more precise here, lest you get the impression that the Statement is a highly colored cartridge. It is not. But it is warmer and sweeter and fuller (i.e., closer to lifelike with a touch of romance) than any Clearaudio Ive heardever."
Can someone agree or is this only "reviewers hyperbole" ??
Improvements? Change in tonality?
Regarding the Goldfinger Statement Jonathan Valin wrote in TAS Issue 216, October 2011:
"Youre going to find this hard to fathomI certainly didbut in tonal balance the cartridge that the Statement most resembles isnt the Goldfinger v2 or the Ortofon A90, which is what you might expect; it is the Koetsu Blue Lace! Yep, this is a voluptuous-sounding transducerthe polar opposite of the traditional Clearaudio sound.
Now, I dont know if this gorgeous tonal palette will change with further break-in. But at the moment this is one ravishingly beautiful cartridge to listen to. Let me be more precise here, lest you get the impression that the Statement is a highly colored cartridge. It is not. But it is warmer and sweeter and fuller (i.e., closer to lifelike with a touch of romance) than any Clearaudio Ive heardever."
Can someone agree or is this only "reviewers hyperbole" ??