Ruby-Z

"First, yes, there has been a changeover with the LP S. Benz has gone to a micro-ridge stylus(thus the "MR"). Second, so far I think the Benz LP-S MR is one of the two or three best cartridges I've had in my system. It is outstanding." - Jonathan Valin The Benz Ruby-Z is the current latest and greatest in the Benz Ruby line that all started with, well, the original Ruby.  Like a great movie, next came the Ruby 2,..the Ruby 3, EXCEPT, that the cartridges kept getting better!  Pearl Audio founder owned a Benz Ruby 2 as his very first high end cartridge and followed it up with, well, other Ruby 2, then later a Ruby ZH because he had a lower gain tube phono stage to keep happy. The Ruby's have always been and always will be about superlative bass weight combined with reference class resolution. The sound is driven from the bass upward with tremendous power, finesse and refinement while tracking true four-wheel drive territory variations in the vinyl, aka high dynamic recording.  The big Be