I am impressed, you know your analogue equipment. I forgot to mention the the Stanon was a 681, just put the EEE, and you new that. Very cool!!!
I remember when I bought that turntable, there were two high end stores in my town both sellng the Thorens. The one told me the Stanton was the best cartridge for the money to put in that table, the other told me it was the ablolute worst, I think they wanted to sell me an Ortophan.
And since I have never done a side by side comparison, there was always a small amount of doubt whether I had the better cartridge. However, it alway sounded good to me. I am glad to see other people agree with my choice, even if it is 20 years later.
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