GM-70 copper plate

[jcalvarez]

Hello everyone,

What is the reason for GM-70 with copper plates being much more expensive than the graphite one?

Regards,

Jose

 

[Bas Horneman]

As far as I can tell its simply that there are way less copper plates on the market.

 

[Flikoman]

More rare and people say they sound better. I have both versions, copper and graphite plate. As I have seen, there is also third version, early one with iron plates.

 

[jcalvarez]

I have been searching, and so far the only meaningful bit I found is mechanical, where the anode wire can be soldered to the copper anode, but needs to be mechanically connected to the graphite one, resulting sometimes in a noisy connection after vibrations.

 

[Francois G]

More rare and people say they sound better. I have both versions, copper and graphite plate. As I have seen, there is also third version, early one with iron plates.

What do you say? Does the copper plate sound better than the graphite plate to you?

 

[Flikoman]

Copper plate maybe better midrange, more lush, but graphite plate better all-round. Dynamics and bass ... to me!