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inally, a bit of an off-the-beaten-path choice. Miles Davis Sketches of Spain was forward, in-your-face brass. The horns had impact and body with huge dynamics that will clean out your ears. If you have heard real horns in a smallish space that sense of realism and loudness can be borderline painful and the Michell Gyro SE reproduced that faithfully. Percussion instruments also had that sense of realism, especially tambourine. Music with a lot going on all at once can get congested during crescendos, but the Gyro SE kept it all clear and distinct. The snapping fingers and finger bells were far cleaner than I’m used to and allowed me to really audibly dig into the recording focusing on various elements of the music.

Compared to the Rega P3, the Gyro SE was way more refined, which was expected, but the Rega tended to have more energy, perhaps inaccurately so, but matched my musical tastes better. That is until I swapped out the Cusis E cartridge with the MoFi StudioSilver. This was at the end of the review period and was more of a check to see how much influence of the cartridge had on the turntable.

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