darrylfunk
Banned
i'll second that henley are an excellent company to deal with.
Colasblue, one of the reasons that many manufacturers use distributors is because it allows them to sidestep the European courts ruling on price offers. If Ortofon sold direct to retailers then by law they have to offer all their dealers the same deals, stock allowing, they can't not offer a deal given to one dealer to another if the dealer requests it.
Having that middle tier effectively allows for regional pricing and that reduces competition and keeps prices higher in some locations than would be the case otherwise.
There's nothing wrong with selling off remaindered stock cheap as long as everyone knows it is coming and those with shelf stock are compensated.
most dealers don't want 'old' product.
the nima was i believe part of the upgrade to the .2 version - henley or roksan may confirm this.
So we agree then, whats going on with distributors is a mechanism for creating a cooperating oligopoly and hence sidestepping fair market competition legislation.
Colas,
If I'm not mistaken you have an Ekos, if you get a chance, can you take a picture of the Ortofon cartridge once you have it mounted on the Ekos. I'm curious how it fits size-wise on the head shell.
A needle drop would be great also as I'm curious how it sounds on your deck.
OC-9 GOD awful on a Linn. Personal taste.
Has anyone out there actually heard any of the Cadenza cartridges on an Ekos, in particular the aluminium cantilevered Red or Bronze versions.
I've been impresssed with a very low output Rhomann on my Ekos and am considering the Cadenzas because they should sound similar and they have a higher output.
Ortofon have a special 20% discount promotion running this month which makes the Cadenza blue around the same price as a Linn Klyde (and the Cadenza red about £200 less).