I responded with my experience, which is one mans opinion, that I wanted to share with him. He was asking for opinions on what cartridges would be recommended. Sprog, my comments were directed at Marcussantiago in answer to his question and not at your response. But I still love the sound of the Ekos and Troika, it's the second arm on my turntable and takes the place of all the others I've mentioned above. My current "reference" is the Ortofon 309-d with an A90. Probably why good ones still fetch high prices on e-bay. The others can sound "better" (whatever that really means) with different cartridges, but the combination of an Ekos and a Troika is magical as an all-round package. I'm talking of 20 years of experience with an Ekos (and I have other arms including an SME V, Origin Live Conqueror and Ortofon 309-d). You like rock Marcussantiago? With a Troika the Ekos sounds superb. I agree Rauliruegas, it's a superb arm, one of the greats. Linn Karma, Linn Klyde, Linn Arkiv, Dynavector 17d2, Audio Technica OC9, Shelter 901, Shelter 901Mk2, Shelter 90x, Zyx Atmos, plus some others over the years that I can't remember now. No Rauliruegas I've not heard it with that one, but I have heard it with the following:
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