This limit is so recurrent that the pleasure of listening became instead a frustration.
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The worst scenario is when the microphone is nearly in contact with a singer, in dynamic passages you get misstracking AND a sound like being out of phase. With a powerful singer (male or female), or an orchestra crescendo or a dynamic sound like the mid-high frequencies of the piano played moderately hard (not necessary hard) you hear always misstracking, regardless the quality of the recording or the pressing. If you like me love classical orchestral works and operas (not only chamber music) or a dynamic jazz combo with a great pianist or a singer you can’t enjoy this cartridge. I’ve also read someone think that it tracks good but I can assure you that it tracks something only when the groove modulation is easy. I can assure you that the misstracking happens so often that you can’t enjoy listening too much. I’ve read someone (Linn affiliate?) think that after all you’re not listening to tracking ability but to music.
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The bad thing about the Klyde is its tracking ability which limits the pleasure of listening. The first was changed due to a cantilever broken accidentally months later the purchase so I wasn’t really sure of the limits of the cartridge. My turntable setup is based on the LP-12 (Cirkus) with Valhalla power supply, Ekos II arm (latest version which comes standard with Silver cable), Trampolin I base and Linto phono preamp.įor the last three years I’ve owned two Linn Klyde cartridge. I can understand your purchase decision, I’ve made the same.
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This report is dedicated to all Linn Sondek LP-12 owners who are so unlucky to still have a Linn Klyde cartridge.