Arny Krueger wrote:
"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
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Just posting to let people know that audiomisc.co.uk now
includes a web version of the 4th article in my recent
HFN series on LP. This one provides
measured results for the old Shure V15/III and compares
it with some modern
MM carts. Also has some close up photos of each stylus,
etc.
Excellent article, Jim.

It confirms why even now the Shure V15III is so often
the cartridge of choice for many discerning transcription
clients.

It also shows that at its best, the LP format falls way behind most other
parts of a high quality reproduction chain. Furthermore, the LP was usually
appreciably worse than the best it could be, as the two other cartridges
show.

We've got other examples of people with impressive-sounding kit that had
frequency variations on the order of 10 dB within the 50-15 kHz range.


I wouldn't rule out LPs if I was you, and you like listening to music.
Even quite modest LP reproduction hardware can produce a very persuasive
sound - better than digital counterparts on occasion IMO.

Rob