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Old 8th February 2010   #15
OMNIFEX
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Originally Posted by finetuner View Post
These very specs also show that both needles are spherical shaped,

while the E in Ortofon's Nightclub E stands for elliptic...

This will make a big difference


Of cause, gain staging is of equal importance and should be ruled out in any path.
I actually owned one Elliptical and it offered a sharp sound upon lifting the tonearm off the record. Needless to say, it is sitting in my box of replacement cartridges.

Ortofon's concord had a bad reputation of damaging the tone arm of the Turntable. I have no idea if they ever fix the problem.

Cheers!
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