On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 07:22:25 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:

Don Pearce wrote:


OK, I've used a V15 in the past on my SME 3009II arm, and I know it
is
a good cart, so I can only think that it is simply a really bad
match
to your arm. I can't think of any reason why two testers -
admittedly
I was the only unsighted one - put them in essentially the same
order,
with the V15 at the bottom.

Did Keith optimize the load capacitance? V15's are pretty sensitive
to this.

Other than that, my take would be that the V15 being more accurate
than the rest, did a better job of reproducing the audible distortion
that is inherent in vinyl.


No idea on any of the above. As I say, my memory of V15 sound is hazy
at best, and the kind of music on the samples was not at all of the
kind which would expose the undoubted strengths of the V15 above the
others. My suspicion - as I voiced it to Keith - is that there was
something amiss. Whether that was a poor match with the arm, or as you
suggest inappropriate capacitive loading, I can't guess. I suspect the
former as my perception was not simply that of a tilted frequency
response, but some actual problem at the top end.

d

Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com