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but they do not state what TT was used, which i thought was a bit strange, and what the rest of the system was
It may not matter. The cartridge's performance may be such that it transcends any inherent limitations in the rest of the source, nay, playback chain.
This lame attempt of a joke aside, I really do wonder what it sounds like. I have no reservations about its aural performance, and although I would never own it, it does bring me some joy that technical developments of this level are still being made in a hobby as niche as ours.
Brings back fond memories of the days of "build the craziest thing possible to one-up the competition, budget be damned" - one such thing being the AKG K-1000 earspeakers.
Back to the topic at hand, with this being sort of a recreation of an older technology (as many things analog seem to be nowadays), I wonder why, apart from an attempt by a Russian designer, we have not seen a production level Neumann DST-like contraption.
Now, that is something I would definitely think about splurging. As long as it is way, way less than £60,000, of course.