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Originally Posted by vencel
Are you satisfied with your Fuuga? I never hear this cartridge, but there are so many new brands popping up. Its body looks nicely and precisely made. I would use boron cantilever, but that's my preference.
I am curious about your opinion on this Fuuga.
Thanks!
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Sorry for late reply - did not see your post 'til now.
Yes I am quite satisfied with the Fuuga. It is well made with a nice straight cantilever that is tucked under the body so you have to get pretty low to see it and its stylus. Having the mirrored Uni-Pro alignment kit made it fairly easy to align. (SmartTractor is the little brother to the Uni-Pro, that would work also.) I reccommend using a mirrored protractor to align the Fuuga.
Here is what I wrote about the Fuuga on another site:
"The Fuuga is fine cartridge that works well on tonearms with a higher effective mass, such as the Kuzma 4Point. I found it sounding solid and dynamic with a sense of propulsive forward drive. Excellent midrange tonality with lower registers taut and natural without angularity. Top-end is firm, not overly airy and without etch but perhaps not quite as tippy-top extended as a vdH Master Sig. Well balanced, it is not a hi-fi hyper-resolution cartridge."
Here on AA I've posted some you tube videos of my system playing classical music. The videos on
this page were made with the Fuuga.