Dear @lewm : My past post was addressed to you, I don't know why did not appears that way.
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Audio Technica AT ML-180 Cartridge Advice
Just acquired an Audio Technica AT ML-180 cartridge with broken cantilever and was looking for advice on where to get a new cantilever rebuild and what material to choose from. My preference is a new Boron cantilever but was not sure who, apart from Soundsmith, offers this service.
Also would like to know which is the best tonearm to use for this cartridge once it's fixed. It can either go on my Audiomods Series 5 (eff. mass approx. 11g) or the arm on my Yamaha GT 2000 which has an effective mass of approx. 20g.
Thanks in advance.
Also would like to know which is the best tonearm to use for this cartridge once it's fixed. It can either go on my Audiomods Series 5 (eff. mass approx. 11g) or the arm on my Yamaha GT 2000 which has an effective mass of approx. 20g.
Thanks in advance.
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@knollbrent : here it's almost everything on MM cartridges: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/who-needs-a-mm-cartridge-type-when-we-have-mc R. |
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This is an old post, but I thought I’d post my MM experience here. In the past three months I bought two MM cartridges, after reading among things the very long MM post here on Audiogon. I first received an Nagaoka MP-500. It was a revelation. It gave a very compelling presentation, different but not inferior to my regular LOMC. Then I found through a Japanese seller a used AT-170ml ofc stylus in a AT-180ml ofc body. I have read on Audiogon that the AT-180 ml is not compatible with lower range styli. But apparently it can be. The sound quality is very rewarding, The sound stage width and depth, the level of detail, and especially the ‘musicality’ of this cartridge is very bit as ‘valid’ as my $5000 LOMC. I now get what the MM perspective has to offer. |