Hi Folks! A beginner here with a first post on What's Best Forum.
I'm not sure when it was or will be launched in the USA, but I have just switched turntable from a Roksan Xerxes 20+ with upgrade plinth and Artemiz 2 arm to Vertere's new baby, the MG-1 with SG-1 tonearm. So, here I sit, working my way through a backlog of circa 20 new albums that have been waiting for a turntable to play them.
After spending 6 years with a Xerxes, how does it sound?
I think that it's really very good indeed. The Xerxes 20+ was certainly no slouch, yet in comparison, music has such life and vitality.
It seems somehow inadequate to talk in hifi terms such as resolution, timing, pitch stability, transparency, imaging and dynamics.
To these ears, the MG-1 is a step or two on from the maxed out Xerxes in all these respects, yet that doesn't seem to matter.
What does matter is that music simply sounds more real and convincing.
It's as though I went to the record store and ordered new recordings of albums that I love, except that this time, all the musicians woke up in a good mood and decided to play better and more together than they ever managed before.
A couple of pictures of the new baby. First the SG-1 tonearm
And the MG-1 turntable that it rests on: