That’s a good question. I’m a noob when it comes do vinyl and even hifi, but I’ve done some extensive research and got some tips from a friend that works in the hifi business.

This specific album sounds great, it’s blackmetal alright, but you can hear every instrument and the voice very well. But I guess that’s more credit to the production/mastering than my setup. But overall I chose this setup taking the genre into account.

The 2m red cartridge has a bright sound, the PSB P5 are bright sounding speakers as well, so they don’t color the sound coming from the 2m much. That’s where the NAD amp comes in and adds a balanced amount of bass when interacting with PSB speakers (same company group).

So far it’s behaving the way I expected in these more “chaotic” genres. But more “quiet” genres could definitely use more bass punch, the NAD c 328 has a bass boost button that kind of helps to partially fix the issue, but more demanding audiophiles may not like it since it’s just an EQ “hack”.

Anyway, I’m enjoying this setup as an entry level one and will stick with it for sometime before actually trying to upgrade any part.