I've been enjoying the Technics SL-10 turntable. It's an effortless machine and takes the thinking out of playing a record.
My turntable came with an excellent sounding Stanton L720 cartridge. While playing classical music with highly dynamic passages, I noticed some distortion and thought it would be time to try a couple of cartridges I picked up. First was a Technics P28 with a generic stylus. The Techinics P28/P22 series are the same, with different stylus'. It stayed on for about a minute. Second was a Technics P22 cartridge with a new Jico SAS sylus. From the first note it was fantastic! The distortion was gone and it tracks as would be expected for a boron cant with a SAS profile diamond. I use Jico SAS stylus' on my main TT and have found they produce a superior sound.
If you are a MM guy like me, and you have a cartridge that Jico makes an SAS/boron stylus for, I highly recommend them. They are expensive, but nothing compared to a good MC and all that comes with owning one.
For a little background, I've owned some expensive MC carts and set ups in the past. A good MM with a Jico SAS gives me 95% of the sound at a minimal expense.
