Seek cartridge w/ following description :

Any recommendations for a moving coil that has some speed, excellent top end extension, an EVEN tonal balance, a hall perspective of row five to row fifteen from the front stage and a retail price tag not above $2000 ?

opus8808-24-2005 7:44pm

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opus88 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 530 posts 08-25-2005 at 12:16am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Rauliruegas : My tonearm is the SME IV.Vi
opus88 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 530 posts 08-25-2005 at 05:15pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Dougdeacon: You state "The ZYX Airy 2-X-SB meets your description almost perfectly...The Airy 3 and UNIverse do not have that distant a hall perspective, so you can avoid them." Didn't you mean to say they DO have that distant a hall perspective, but the ZYX Airy 2 does not, and therefore would be more to my liking ?
opus88 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 530 posts 08-26-2005 at 12:40am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Dougdeacon...At rows 5 to 10, the Airy 2 is the most distant sounding ? I'm not making fun of your statement, I'm just sort of amazed ! Rows 5 to 10 are pretty close to things. To echo the old cliche, "it's all relative" ; that is, to the other two cartridges. No wonder I thought you may have unintentionally erred in your earlier staement. In any event, all very interesting. I'll have to take a more serious look here. Thank you.

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