Akutrak
It corrects the signal and gives you a level playing field
Akutrak Phono stage
Cartridges don’t have a flat response. There’s nothing RIAA can do about it, and we hear it. Streamers, amps and phono stages all have a very flat response. Cartridge signals are typically non-flat. Putting a non-flat signal in, you’ll get the same non-flat signal out, only, louder! Just how dumb is that? For 100 years as with arms, we’ve had to live with this problem. It’s another case of we’re missing our goal.
Editor of Hi Fi +
Alan Sircom’s review concluded:
“This gives an exciting glimpse into what turntable replay can sound like and I think for many, there might be no turning back”.
Akutrak.
Moving magnet cartridges (MMs) and moving coils (MCs) work differently - It’s not just in the name. Because Akutrak isn’t simply a filter or tone control, the technology only works with MMs. The graph shows Akutrak in operation. Green: This extreme response is from a very reputable turntable manufacturer(!). Many of you will have owned one, and it’s 10 dB at 20kHz. It sounds very, very dull. See Akutrak cope: Yellow: (middle) This is the corrected response via Akutrak and it is very flat. (Red: (top) The response can be further modified if so desired.) This dull cartridge shows why it’s 100% critical to have the same cartridges when evaluating decks. You ears will always pick the deck with a better, more open sounding cartridge, beating the dull one. I’ve heard too many instances of this: “Oh… er… yes. Come to think of it, the cartridges were different. At the same I didn’t think”. And with that, the dealer and manufacturer have just made their sale easily.
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