Thought I would drop in to report i'm enjoying my second ART9 on my VPI.
A little over a week old, and about a dozen album sides in. Perhaps lacking the slightest bit of upper end refinement of my prior $2K+ Kiseki had.The OCD/nervosa alignment check hasn't been performed yet. I will do that in a month or so.
Breakfast with some early mono Ella, with a sprinkle of the SD-Pretzel Logic(1st run black label)Fabulous!
jetson- have you made the leap yet? Endless advice will drive you nuts, trying to figure out what the "right" cart is between the two.
As mentioned earlier-subjective, subjective subjective and overall system dependent. If money isn't a factor, I would lean toward the SS-current version.
I'm assuming you have a proper phono stage to extract the virtues of this level of cart?
The Prime Scout is killer for the price, it deserves equal level($)supporting peripherals.
There's a $6-800 difference between the MIMC and 9. Based on purchasing at full pop, the difference could buy a budget US cleaner, or whatever along with the ART9.
A little over a week old, and about a dozen album sides in. Perhaps lacking the slightest bit of upper end refinement of my prior $2K+ Kiseki had.The OCD/nervosa alignment check hasn't been performed yet. I will do that in a month or so.
Breakfast with some early mono Ella, with a sprinkle of the SD-Pretzel Logic(1st run black label)Fabulous!
jetson- have you made the leap yet? Endless advice will drive you nuts, trying to figure out what the "right" cart is between the two.
As mentioned earlier-subjective, subjective subjective and overall system dependent. If money isn't a factor, I would lean toward the SS-current version.
I'm assuming you have a proper phono stage to extract the virtues of this level of cart?
The Prime Scout is killer for the price, it deserves equal level($)supporting peripherals.
There's a $6-800 difference between the MIMC and 9. Based on purchasing at full pop, the difference could buy a budget US cleaner, or whatever along with the ART9.