“I don’t care how costly or sophisticated a system you have, I don’t think anyone reading this would be less than enthusiastically impressed by hearing the RM-Hayate in their system. It just sounds right and manages to simultaneously hit all of the aural pleasure zones. You can just forget its there and let the music speak. All genres.” —Michael Fremer, Tracking Angle
…none in my experience surpass the RM Hayate in its ability to disappear leaving no “MC residue” or “MM softness”. I don’t care how costly or sophisticated a system you have, I don’t think anyone reading this would be less than enthusiastically impressed by hearing the RM-Hayate in their system. It just sounds right and manages to simultaneously hit all of the aural pleasure zones. You can just forget its there and let the music speak. All genres. Usually I can describe a cartridge’s sonic “personality” as being on the (whatever) side, be it on the warm, or cool, or analytical, or soft or sweet, or rich, or lean or whatever side but I’m at a loss here. So I’ll stop. I hope you get to hear one of these and soon.