yesterday and last night was tape, this morning back to vinyl with the T1 and Audio Technica AT-MC2022 cart.
did Coltrane 'Ballads' earlier, now listening to a 'good' 6 eye OP of Brubeck's 'Time Out'. what i'm impressed with is the neutrality of this cartridge. it nails the higher frequencies in a way i've not heard. the T1 and Ikeda arm are relating lots of energy, but this cartridge nails things and sorts them out with zero dryness or edge or tipped up anything......just music. just such ease and naturalness. the Coltrane horn tone was again so grainless and solid. love me some rim drive idler energy this morning.
i'm not anointing this cartridge in any way, but acknowledging it has moved my personal reference in one aspect of the music to my ears. i can depend on it to tell me exactly what is in the grooves. no more, no less. and not bring non musical distortion with it. and this pressing of Time Out has some stuff that turns to edgy hash on some carts.