![]() ![]() ![]() Stereoplay by Roland Kraft - SPU #1 S "In spite of its retrolook, highmass and simple Spherical stylus, the (SPU #1 S ) cartridge has a genuine musicality, that is so easy to love." Micheal Fremer Stereophile Recommended Components 2016 I began to understand the appeal of spherical styli." MF received review samples of both and declared, after his first spin with "I immediately, and much to my surprise, got what the SPU cult is all about." And when he switched to the spherical-tipped #1S, MF wrote, "Yes, much detail was missing, but also gone were artifacts of mechanical playback, replaced by a luxuriously smooth sound and exceptionally 'black' backgrounds. In all other respects-0.18mV output, 4gm recommended tracking force, 30gm mass. That changed in spring 2016, when Ortofon introduced two distinctly low-priced SPUs. Although the Ortofon SPU series of pickup heads-phono cartridges, typically moving-coils, that are built into their own headshells-is surely the longest-running cartridge line in the history of audio, they never attracted the attention of MF, who admits not being "a fan of old-school, SME-type" locking collet, and who's also put off by the typical SPU's high mass and high recommended tracking force. ![]()
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