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Where those EdgarHorn Titans with the Edgar’s woofers?  I ask because I am very concerned about the LF response. The Shelter 901 has phenomenal bass in my view, even now. In fact all my system/room in a way “calibrated” from the bass that Shelter 901 does. Live sound from FM do similar bass but not identical. The LP bass from Shelter is more in a way artificial and more on audio-side of realty. But I kind of like it and I know how to USE it. One of the most wonderful characteristics of Shelter’s 901 lower bass is that it is very slowly bubble up to the lover mid. I hate analog that is disable to play lower notes slow…

I did not have London cartridges. A few days back I sold one of my Sansuis to a local guy and when he picked it up he proposed to me to lend me Decca cartridge to try. I was kind of scared as he saw me for a first time and proposed to lend me his cartridge… I do not lend my cartridges even to my closed friends… Well, perhaps I need to take upon his offer and to try it…

My leading idea is get another Shelter 901 or Ortofon SPU Anniversary 85 or perhaps to try the top of the line Dynavector. The key here is not only getting a good needle but to get “different” sound then my Ortofon SPU Classic does. The Ortofon SPU Classic is remarkable cartridge, probably the very best buy for $700. It is however it is slightly (and very gloriously) on Romantic side and I need another more anal-retentive and more hard-working cartridge. The SPU is a liberal aristocrat, but I need more pragmatic conservative engineer. Shelter did the job very well and I knew very well what cartridge to use with what kind music. I would never play with Shelter the recordings of Borodin Quartet from 60s. From another side I would never play with SPU the Bernstein’s of Solti’s recording of Mahler …. I would play however the Karajan’s Mahler Sixth with SPU….

Where do you feel the Decca would fit in this semi-delusional hierarchy of mine?

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