Ortofon SPU Synergy

Hey! Just one more thing on the TA-110 etc. . . . 9" vs. the 12" arms. 12" improves alignment across the LP but has the drawback of less stiffness and requires a larger footprint and larger counter weight or it placed further back. If you use a higher quality elliptical tip (vs. the super duper Replicant 100 et-all) this tangential alignment is not as critical and I believe you actually get a better reproduction out of the stiffer 9" arm. The Ortofon TA comes in 110-9" and 210-12". I opted for the 9".

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. What cart are you running on your TA-110 9" arm.

Knowing that the question is only 10 years old  ;-)

" Has anyone compared the Synergy with a Shindo-modified SPU?"

now I can say yes!

The Shindo SPU was of course an A-type and the Synergy a G-type.
(With the ViV Rigid Float it is only a matter of a few seconds to adjust
the right "distance".)

Soundwise and despite of their technical differences these two cartridges have very much in common.
The power, the rythm, the "flow" and auditors involvement were close
to the same. In these aspects the two are in a group of the very best
I have ever heard.
Both are delivering a total relaxed and involving way of hearing music.
The spatiality was very good as well. So for me it would be a matter
of the already present equipment (tonearm and phono stage) which
one to prefer and in the end these are some solid kudos to the Synergy.

So for me the Synergy is a perfect addition to the really outstanding
carts from DS Audio which are unrivaled in dynamics, resolution and
the combination of warmth plus "high-end-parameters".