Before I purchased 4Point 14 inch tonearm, I used the regular 4Point more than 6 years, so what it brings to the table is quite clear to me. I ordered the “14” with the Cardas Clear cables but if you prefer something else, Franc has a few different options for you. Anyway, the most obvious aspect of the “14” sound in my experience is it’s authority and power of lower registers. The second thing is that continuous and undistorted musical flow that is so unique to the R2R format. “14” sails trough the most demanding material with such ease, confidence and reliability that I was reminded on R2R in more than one occasion. I remember that M. Fremer brought up this master tape comparison in his original review of 4Point in the Stereophile but the “14” is in another league in this respect. It has clearly less distortion than the 4Point, is even less in the way of music and ultimately it sounds simply more “correct”. This is a logical consequence of lower distortion that has impact on many other important sonic qualities. For instance, soundstage is more expansive and instruments in the back of the stage are more vivid, colors and timbres are one step closer to the absolute sound and the reproduction is simply less mechanical.
I suggest you read Roy Gregory’s review in the March issue of Hi-FI+. He’s much better “sound describer” than I am (English is not my native language) and I agree basicly with everything he wrote.


I suggest you read Roy Gregory’s review in the March issue of Hi-FI+. He’s much better “sound describer” than I am (English is not my native language) and I agree basicly with everything he wrote.
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