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I replaced a Dynavector 10x5 with a 2m Black a few months ago. The Black absolutely crushes it in every perceptible characteristic. The soundstage is deeper and more focused (especially on MONO recordings) and the bass response has nuance that very few cartridges of any price can muster. A kick drum actually sounds like a dull thud and a bass guitar sounds like a plucked string with noticeable vibration and decay. The mids are spot on and not purposely over presented as I felt they were with the 10x5. Where this cartridge really excels is sound-staging and resolution. You don't have just right-left-middle, you have right,center right, center, center left, left with every single instrument and vocal existing in their own little performance pocket, there is almost no blur at all.

What does Mark Jackson have to do with The Lillingtons ? Just curious..................

Coming from ToneAudio, who usually gush over every product they evaluate, I didn't find this review all that positive. At one point they criticized the sound quality but said it made up for the deficiencies with "character". Whatever the heck that means.

"3) You like his business and want to help him out" It's amazing you called me dim and then included that as a reason to go to Kickstarter where he has to pay an additional fee and wait for a month to possibly receive his funds. You would be helping him far more by just purchasing through his website. As-an-aside I have dozens of European pressings and all are the exact same size as US 12 inch covers.

Nice job of avoiding the actual question again. I 'll just assume you don't have an answer and move on.

Shhheeeesh..........................I merely asked why you would go to Kiskstarter instead of simply ordering from his website. I hardly think that qualifies as "hate" or "getting a hair up my ass". Seriously are you guys all six years old or something.

I have an RP3 with the Groovetracer subplatter and it is a massive and simple upgrade.

No he is on Kickstarter because the gullibility of some people knows no bounds.

1) They're cheaper on the Kickstarter than via his website, so he's offering incentive to pledge. ​He is tying up your funds for an extended period. Of course they are slightly less expensive. . 2) What he's selling via his website are his initial designs that only fit North American standard size LPs. If you actually READ his campaing you'll see that he wants to buy a new mold in order to implement his new design that will work with both North American and European standard sizes (my Euro LPs do not fit in the units I currently have) so that he can expand his market base. I understand that, but it's not relevant. It could be months before you receive anything if you are expecting the new model. Just wait until he starts selling them on his website and order then. If you want to support his product just buy them through his current website. It's a hell of a lot faster and easier. He is running a for profit business just like any other vendor. Why this guy thinks he deserves donations is mindboggling.

I don't get it at all. He sells these things on his web page for $8/each. Why would you guys mess around with the vagary of Kickstarter unless you had to. It's not as if the income he generates from Kickstarter is somehow different from his normal mail order business. Sheesh it's just a marketing gimmick. It's really generous of this clown to accept a $5 pledge with nothing in return. I also love his claim that "Big Business is bad", yet he seems to believe taking money for nothing is perfectly acceptable.

The basic DC at $399 is quite a bit more expensive, did you mean the Project Essential by chance ? If it were my choice I would stretch the budget a little and buy the Essential and upgrade the platter. My issue with U-Turn is I don't believe their business model will survive, even in the short run, without an large additional infusion of capital. They just aren't making enough money to make a run of it. Which is why they had to utilize crowd funding. It will likely be almost impossible to get parts in the future. I also don't understand their design, using a uni-pivot tonearm without a cueing mechanism will be a real challenge for a lot of consumers. If they were trying to make a bare bones table they should have made the dust cover optional and added the cueing as a basic feature. If I were looking for a $150 table, I would would be looking at used Duals, Techniques, and HKs ..........................