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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.พ. 2025
- Verismo, Italian for realism.
The Verismo is the newest entry to Ortofon's "Exclusive Series". It is their second serial production cartridge to sport a diamond cantilever.
To my ear, they have succeeded. The Verismo extracts astonishing levels of musical information from the record groove. Every note, whisper and sigh is beautifully revealed and comes across as hauntingly real. There is no "smoothing", nor "warming" simply an unvarnished rendition that includes all the information that other cartridges cannot access. The results are stunning. A superb soundstage with precise positioning of instruments and voices. Sharp precise impact of notes from the lowest to the highest register. Though extraordinarily sensitive, it's the quietest cartridge I have ever heard with almost absolute immunity to record surface noise and a level of background silence that rivals high-definition digital tracks. In summary, a technical and craftmanship masterpiece. Ortofon should feel rightfully, very proud.
Musical Selection: Bill Evans "My Foolish Heart" Live at the Village Vanguard, 1961
Vinyl: The Wonderful Sounds of Quality Record Pressings 2022, APP147
The rest of the equipment is the same and includes:
Technics SL1000R
Ortofon ST70 SUT
McIntosh C53 Pre-Amplifier
McIntosh MC462 Amplifier
BW 803 D3
BW DB1 Subs (x2)
Rode NT4 stereo studio microphone
Tascam DR700 24/96 digital recorder
Cables: Phono: Ortofon 6NX, Speaker: Kimber Kable VS12 internally bi-wired, Interconnects: Mogami Gold XLR
Headphones are strong recommended for critical auditioning. I hope you enjoy it and please feel free to leave any comments below!
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Superb sound!!!
Exquisite.
Outstanding indeed👏🏻
Yes, quite awesome...
What a cartridge ! Congratulations brother well deserved sounds soooo good .
@jerryandlisa27 There was a lot of trade-ins involved😉
@jerryandlisa27
There were a lot of trade-in's involved😁
Well done and seriously thoughout kit.
Wow. Love it
Thank you! 😊
Beautiful sound! ❤
Glad you like it!
@@Wised1000 Verismo vs Windfeld Ti ??
@@RR-kb2ks The main sonic difference is the Verismo's snap, crackle, and pop. The transient response of the Verismo is second to none. Think of the initial crack of the drumstick and the following shimmer. It is portrayed exactly as it sounds, no slurring or smoothing. The full impact represented almost unerringly. This character is full spectrum, from the kettle drum to the cymbal. The signal to noise achieved is, as far as I can tell, unparalled. It has the lowest level of surface noise I have ever heard. On the no signal portion of my test records, there is absolute silence, rivaling a digital medium. With my SUT at the recommended 200pF loading, the top end is a little too hot for my taste. Increasing it to 300pF fixes that quite nicely. I would be willing to bet that on a tube system, the SUT's recommended 200 pF match would be perfect. On my rig, to attain its spec 80um tracking, it requires between 2.7 and 2.8g of tracking force and anti-skate. I don't have a fozzgometer, so I had to make do with using the meters of the preamp to match the L/R balance using the L/R tracks of the test disc. It is a crude but seemingly effective azimuth technique since the soundstage seems almost holographic. The diamond cantilever based motor system lives up to its billing on being "true to the groove". It pulls information from the vinyl that get's lost in other cartridges by a combination of a an amazingly low noise floor with and uncanny capacity of extracting anything on the tracing. The SL1000R is it's perfect partner given it's again second to none S/N ratio and its almost anechoic character. Combine that with the MC 462' bottomless, distortionless, transient power reserves and you get one 🔥 tamale!
@@Wised1000 Great! Thanks for the reply, much appreciated.
I'm a big Ortofon cartridge fan, currently using Ortofon Cadenza Black, re-tipped with Fritz Gyger S stylus profile, same as the replicant, (Microline, cut shape to mimic the vinyl cutting lathe), which I enjoy very much. This on a Technics SP-10 Mk2 turntable, with EPA a250 tonearm - EPA B500 on the fly arm base, in Panzerholz plinth.
The Verismo I can well imagine is fab, but well out of my price range, hence I'd like to bag a Windfeld Ti, used with low miles in the future - still many hundreds of hours left on my Caddy B. Happy music and hi-fidelity to you 👍🏽
@RR-kb2ks
I swung the Verismo by trading in a Quintet black, a Cadenza black and selling an MCintosh MX 123 I wasn't using so in total it cost me about the price of a 2M😀 IMO the Verismo, though very expensive, is still a bargain given it is arguably the best performing cartridge on the market. Like the SL1000R, you can spend more (a lot more) and not improve or match it.
Verismo vs Windfeld Ti ??
It's all in the diamond cantilever. The Windfield sounds like a polished Cadenza Black.
This is another level. I have not heard the Anna diamond, but I have serious doubts that it could be better than this.This thing is STRONG, and FAST while absolutely transparent and musical. It can go from the slightest whisper to an ear spliting riff instanty without ever showing a hint of distress. It reveals nuances unkown to any cartridge I have ever heard. Note that I replaced a Cadenza Black for it, far from a pedestrian or warm cartridge moving coiI.
For the first time, I auditioned my Three Blind Mice 45 RPM box set. The dynamics were frankly unbelievable. I have never heard a more dynamic portrayal in a musical recording from any source, I had to dial back the volume because at my usual nominal volume I was was getting almost twice the peak power levels. I ende diaing back the input level of the phono input (with the McIntosh preamp you can tailor individual input levels to have them match each other). The energy and slam are the same from top to bottom. It glosses over nothing, every note is painted in all its glory in perfect pitch and vibrancy. The speed is astonishing, it disects the most complex musical passages with the accuracy of a laser scalpel. It's not harsh or shrill unless the sound actually is. The soundstage is holographic. On the BLOW album of the trio, the fact that the microphone was placed right next to the drummers high hat is unmistakable. Every shimmer and clap is alive, loud, and breathtaking. It's at times almost punishing. The sound is not exaggerated. It is just that other cartridges simply can not capture the true dynamic range that is otherwise hidden in the groove. The visceral power of the base is like getting punched in the gut, every vibration going through you like a grenade. I don't know what magic the Japanese concocted in 1972 to capture all that energy into a tape, but there certainly were no filters or compressors involved. Dynamic range is easily into the 80 dBs, supposedly impossible for vynil, but I don't think my McIntosh meters are lying😂
A word of warning, if your idea of reproduction is something that is all warm and cozy, this is most definitely not the cart for you. However, if you are into detail, impact, accuracy, and realistic a true depicture of what was happening at the other side of the microphone, this is the bees knees.
Finally, back to the original question, and please feel free to disagree. The Verismos closest Ortophon relative would be the limited edition century. To my eye, if you took a Century and cut out the middle in an attempt to "skeletonize" it like an A, this is what you would get. Of course, with the internal improvements that have happened along the way since then😂