Ortofon Windfeld - anyone heard one?


Wondering if anyone owns or has heard the Windfeld.

I own the SPU Royal and it sounds gloriously musical.

Used to own Jubilee and never really got into it.
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Shane, there is a well written comparison between the Jubilee and the Windfeld on the Polk Audio forum:
http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68614

Makes me want to upgrade from my Jubilee!
Axelwahl, given the recent hype regarding MM carts, I'm going to retrieve my 20yo Garrott P77 from my folks house (when I get around to it) - to see what the cartridge sounds like in my current setup.
To be honest I'm not overly optimistic that I'll be bowled over. I recall the cartridge sounded quite musical, exciting and full bodied - but somewhat big (and loose) on the bottom and lacking the refinement, nuance and imaging precision of a good MC.
I guess it won't cost me anything to experiment though.
Axelwahl, I would have to agree that back then I didn't have a tool even remotely as accurate as the MintLp tractor I now use. Ditto for the phono stage. Tools I used back then would have been a paper tractor or the MFSL Geodisc - not exactly super accurate - and I admit to not spending inordinate amounts of time with cartridge setup.
Though to be fair, the MC's I used at the time were set up with the same tools and used with the same phono stage.

As far as the VTA goes, I was definitely aware of the +ve VTA. Garrott emphasised this requirement in the setup sheet that accompanied the cartridge. However alignment probably wasn't great to start with and may have gone out the window when I dialled in the extra VTA. Who knows?

I'll reserve judgement until I hear the P77 again.