"Serge Auckland" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote


The 'something added vs. something lacking' dichotomy again? :-)

Exactly. I find vinyl adds something undesirable, you feel CD lacks
something desirable.


My only problem with CD is they don't hold my attention. I can listen to
them for sounds but, for some strange reason, I don't take them seriously
for music! And it's not like the (far) superior soundstaging of vinyl has
anything to do with it, as I'm often floating about the house when the music
is on and everything gets nicely 'monoed' by the time I hear it!



(That's after having found a busted wire in the connectors on my other
deck, which was the one I was going to use - and which you've reminded me
needs sorting!)


Aha! A timely reminder!!



I'm surprised, as the Goldring I have (1042) and my memories of Goldring
G800 series were of quite smooth cartridges. Maybe the disk is well worn,
as I found the loud highs quite rough.


I didn't get on too well with the G1042 and the only working G800 (ie with a
decent needle) I have is with Shiny Nigel atm - I seem to prefer Shure MMs
and Ortofon MCs, myself! That said, the Goldring is possibly a little too
rare for the work it's doing and I will probably swap it out for an AT110E -
which work superbly well on linear trackers!