Soundsmith Aida Ebony Phono Cartridge: Looking For Your Last Best Cartridge? This Could Be It, At A Decent Price!

Once upon a time I was quite enamored of the top-of-the-line Shure cartridges for their musical accuracy (was that their slogan then?), superb tracking, and other audible virtues. Then, I ventured into the world of moving coils from such companies as Ortofon, Dynavector, Fidelity Research, and so on. There I found greater dynamic performance, a seemingly closer-to-the-vinyl sense of rightness, and, of course, much higher prices. ...

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I listened to this cartridge for about two months, for full break-in, even though it had about 30 hours on it as stated in a note with the delivery package. Several hundred hours later, I realized I was enjoying it more and more, and only then decided to run it through the test process.