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Originally Posted by C220MC275

Dan,

I took the MC cart Talismann, as the Clearaudio french importer told me that it has a smoother sound compared to the Symphony. I was looking for the Maestro, but the guy who seemed to be an expert on Clearaudio carts and TT's, told me it was absolutely inferior to the Talismann... As I could not hear any of them, I decided to trust him... BTW, the MC Talismann is about 300 euros less expensive than the MM Maestro. So I suppose his advice was the good one....
I'm very confident in buying a TT / arm / cart from the same company.
I think synergy is really important here.
I heared many TT's with great arms and great carts, not sounding that good.
If i'm not happy with the Clearaudio ( I seriously doubt it, after what I heared at Jean Marc's house), I will sell it and will buy the Xtension, with the Ortofon arm and Ortofon cart !

Cheers,
Jérôme

I'm surprised your dealer would suggest using a low compliance cart like Talisman with a low mass arm.