CARTRIDGE REVIEWS - Welcome to 'PHONO CARTRIDGE REVIEWS'

Welcome to 'PHONO CARTRIDGE REVIEWS'

 

The phono cartridge is an important component of any Hi-Fi system with a turntable as the musical source. It is a ‘transducer’ that converts energy in the form of mechanical vibrations into electrical signals. How well it does this crucial job has a significant effect on the sound from the system. A poor signal from the turntable cannot be compensated for by other system components, no matter how good they are, so the quality of the turntable/cartridge combination is critical.

포노 카트리지는 턴테이블을 음원으로 사용하는 모든 하이파이 시스템에서 중요한 구성 요소입니다. 기계적 진동의 형태로 에너지를 전기 신호로 변환하는 '트랜스듀서'입니다. 이 중요한 역할을 얼마나 잘 수행하느냐에 따라 시스템의 사운드에 큰 영향을 미칩니다. 턴테이블의 신호가 나쁘면 다른 시스템 구성 요소가 아무리 좋더라도 이를 보완할 수 없으므로 턴테이블/카트리지 조합의 품질이 매우 중요합니다.

 

Cartridges are not normally demonstrated in shops and are now often bought online, so the purchaser of a new cartridge must usually base their decision on reviews and recommendations. The aim of this website is to provide informative reviews of cartridges from my personal collection, in the hope of giving some useful guidance. I will add reviews as I use my cartridges (and also reserve the right to amend existing cartridge reviews).

카트리지는 일반적으로 매장에서 시연하지 않고 온라인에서 구매하는 경우가 많으므로 새 카트리지 구매자는 일반적으로 리뷰와 추천을 바탕으로 결정을 내려야 합니다. 이 웹사이트의 목적은 유용한 지침을 제공하기 위해 제 개인 컬렉션의 카트리지에 대한 유익한 리뷰를 제공하는 것입니다. 카트리지를 사용하면서 리뷰를 추가할 것이며, 기존 카트리지 리뷰를 수정할 권한도 보유합니다.

 

It is important to understand that the appreciation of a cartridge’s character and performance is highly subjective and a matter of personal taste, in a similar way to the transducers at the other end of the chain, the speakers. How a cartridge sounds also depends on the rest of the system and care should be taken to match the cartridge with the other system components. The cartridge must be well-matched to the host turntable, notably to its tonearm. The cartridge must also work well with the rest of the system – a warm-sounding cartridge in a warm system may result in a dull, unexciting sound, while a bright-sounding cartridge in a bright system may result in a harsh, tiring sound. Finally, we don’t all have the same listening environment, ears and expectations. Therefore, my impressions of these cartridges will not necessarily correspond to yours, although they are usually in broad agreement with other reviews.

카트리지의 특성과 성능에 대한 평가는 체인의 다른 쪽 끝에 있는 트랜스듀서인 스피커와 마찬가지로 매우 주관적이며 개인적인 취향의 문제라는 점을 이해하는 것이 중요합니다. 카트리지의 사운드도 시스템의 나머지 구성 요소에 따라 달라지며 카트리지를 다른 시스템 구성 요소와 일치시키기 위해 주의를 기울여야 합니다. 카트리지는 호스트 턴테이블, 특히 톤암과 잘 맞아야 합니다. 따뜻한 시스템에서 따뜻한 소리를 내는 카트리지는 둔하고 흥미롭지 않은 사운드를, 밝은 시스템에서 밝은 소리를 내는 카트리지는 거칠고 피곤한 사운드를 낼 수 있습니다. 마지막으로 모든 사람의 청취 환경, 귀, 기대치가 동일하지 않습니다. 따라서 이 카트리지에 대한 저의 소감이 다른 리뷰와 대체로 일치하지만 반드시 여러분의 소감과 일치하는 것은 아닙니다.

 

If you need help with any of the turntable and phono-cartridge terminology used in the reviews, please visit the 'Terminology & Concepts' page.

리뷰에 사용된 턴테이블 및 포노 카트리지 용어에 대한 도움이 필요하시면 '용어 및 개념' 페이지를 참조하세요.

 

I hope you find my site informative and useful. 제 사이트가 유익하고 유용한 정보가 되길 바랍니다.

Clive