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In the Thread: The Softer Side of a Hard-Tracing Cartridge
Post Subject: Ortofon Windfeld cartridge?Posted by drdna on: 5/25/2009
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Hi Paul,
Yes, I agree with everything you have said. I love the Well Tempered system because it is extremely simple and elegant, as you say, making it easy to work with.
The older top of the line Decca London Jubilee has incredible presence but was not a perfect tracker and would not give the very last word in detail. I don't know if you have heard the newer Reference, but it eliminates those problems, retaining all the living presence and emotional connection of the Jubilee, but improving tracking, dynamics, and giving retrieval of inner detail as good as any MC cartridge I have heard. I admit I have not heard the Blue Mantis or the Ortofon Windfeld however. It is my weakness, but I am always thinking about trying another new phono cartridge, probably because I do not fully understand them and cannot make them myself, so they retain some audiophile magical thinking for me.
So I am curious as to whether it is worth exploring the Windfeld. As it is very similar to your Ortofon, would you say that you chose the Ortofon over the Decca because of the Decca's flaws and despite the Decca's superior living presence, or would you say you chose the Ortofon because of certain superior qualities that the Decca was lacking?
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