MC X50

I own all three. When I bought my Verismo it was a revelation, cartridge that could offer digital levels of dynamic performance and detail "mano a mano". I then decided to add an MC X40, a bargain in comparison so why not? To my surprise it differs from the Verismo just in the nth level of detail and bass control unless you have sharp listening skills and heard them back to back almost indistinguishable!!, not given the new stylus geometry, I had to have the X50! Wow another bargain, the small delta in detail of the X40 resolved, now utterly indistinguishable from is much more expensive predecessor in detail retrieval and with the same bass character and dynamic performance as the X40. Goal accomplished Ortofon should give themselves a pat on the back. They have brought the performance of a reference level transducer to the to a much larger segment of vinyl aficionados. This is a cart, that by all measures, is as good as it gets.