Which Cartrudge For My Upcoming Technics 1200 GR 2 Turnable - Looking at Ortofon 2m Black
Note: Sorry about the misspelled Cartridge in title. Wish I could update that.
I have a Luxman 595 Class A amplifier with Focal N1 speakers. Depending on the recording, it can be on the bright side. I own about 20 records. 80% of them are electronic mixes from the 90s. The rest are dinosaur jr, mazzy star, and so on.
I have found memories of playing my grandfathers fisher turntable (with Mitsubushi stereo system) which looked similar to the Technics 1200GR2, so that is the turntable I am going to get. I also have found memories of going to the record store in the 90s (sound warehouse) and they had a Bose 901 VI system (I think... they were very large hung from the cieling) with a turtable that sounded so good.
The sound I am looking for is *not a audiophile high resolving sound. Instead, I am looking for a energetic sound with power. I do want good audio quality though.
What I am looking at is the Ortofon 2m Black LVB 250 or the 2m black. I never hear them in person. What is everyones thoughts?
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@audphile1 Indeed, sorry I read your post too quickly and misinterpreted what you wrote - my apologies |
@facten no worries. If anyone tried it I’d be interested to hear how effective it is
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I don’t listen to vinyl that much but I use the same table as the OP, with the 2M Blue. I wanted to keep the cost of the pre amp (Cambridge Audio, mm only) and cartridge to no more than half of the table itself. There used to be rule of thumb on expenditures: speakers one third /amp one third, source one third. Of course it was arbitrary and we all do what we want, but makes me wonder. Do people routinely by cartridges that approach or exceed the cost of the accompanying decks? |
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