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In Reply to: RE: REVIEW: Goldring 2200 Phono Cartridge posted by Story on July 24, 2009 at 18:06:29:
At this point, I've had about two weeks to listen to the Eroica. I've been running it quite a bit; with a wide variety of music…at least it’s wide within my collection. Some of the records I’ve played are:Supertramp – Breakfast in America
Boston – Don’t Look Back
Barbra Streisand – Streisand Superman
Karla Bonoff – Karla Bonoff
Beethoven Trios Nos. 4 & 5 – Zukerman, Du Pre, Barenboim
Beethoven Symphony No. 3 – Joseph Keilberth and Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Midnight Blue – Kenny Burrell
Hard Drive – Art Blakey and the Jazz MessengersBesides the Eroica, the system is a Music Hall MMF-5, Pro-Ject Tube Box, Audio Research CA50 and ProAc TriTower speakers. My thing is midrange. It’s what sold me on the tube amp and the ProAc speakers and even the Tube Box. It’s also what I was looking for when considering a different cartridge from the 2200. Brightness and sibilance drive me nuts, so I’m sort of walking a fine line between that and clear midrange.
I like the midrange I hear from the 2200 but I might agree with the OP that it tends toward brightness for some tastes. I’ve been happy with the 2200’s performance all around. It really seems to fit what I listen to. It provides enough of the highs and lows for my tastes and gives the realistic vocals I wanted. So then why try something else? Mostly that edge on the highs and what I think is distortion from perhaps more output than is healthy. The 2200’s output is 6.5mV, which combined with the 40dB gain from my Tube Box seems to be a bit much. It actually worked a little better in that regard with my Bellari VP129, but I find the Tube Box much more to my liking. I suppose my choice of phono preamp is driving my choice of cartridge.
So now the Eroica has had its chance; and it does just what I’d hoped. Its far lower output of 2.5mV is likely responsible at least in part for a smoother presentation overall and almost none of the distortion I was hearing on the louder passages. The midrange is sweet and clear and pretty much beats the 2200 handily on that front. The highs of my Eroica are more pronounced than I was hearing from the 2200, so I’m surprised I’m not annoyed by brightness and sibilance. But it’s just not there. I’m not noticing it. So now I would’ve thought I’d get noise. Not so. I’ve been impressed with how quiet the system is at this point. I turn the volume knob to 2:00 or even 3:00 and the noise is still low.
Both the 2200 and the Eroica have done a very nice job of reproducing trumpets, violins, drums and the like, but the Eroica beats the 2200 handily for me. I’m getting less distortion, less sibilance, sweeter midrange and maybe even better bass. I have been impressed with the 2200, but I think I’m getting better synergy in my system with the Eroica.
Edits: 07/26/09
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