Neumann ES59

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JayDC
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Neumann ES59

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Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:37 am

Anyone have experience with this head? Anything i should know/beware of? is $900 a good price if its from len horwitz?

Len says this is the best head at this time for my presto, I am not sure if I should upgrade now, or just wait for flo's caruso, or do both?
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Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:11 am

Mono feedback cutterhead with the reputation (along with the Westrex2B and Ortofon DSS 522) as being one of the best sounding mono cutter heads ever made. I've never used it directly though so I can only report second hand info on this.

Len Horowitz has been super generous to me definitely knows his stuff - in fact I'd say he's the best expert on Westrex/Haeco/Scully equipment in the USA right now. I've also found he prices his stuff incredibly fairly relative to general market prices.

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Steve Berson
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