Best cartridge for Breuer 8C

....any of the wood or stone bodied Koetsu cartridges (I have used the Urushi and Onyx) – a musical and luscious sound field, very lovely. The Lyra Titan also works well (if not a bit on the analytical side).

Those are certainly a good starting point.

I used an onyx Koetsu with my Breuer and it was fine. Also tried a Lyra
argoi and it worked fine.
Joe

I've owned several Breuer tonearms and visited with Mr. Breuer in his shop and his home in Switzerland many years ago when I brought limited numbers of them into the USA.

The Breuer tonearm was originally designed to operate with a modified EMT fitted with an aluminum cantilever and custom Van den Hul diamond.

I owned several Breuer EMT cartridges, they are very dynamic but difficult to set up properly and loading is hyper critical. Back in the day I got good results with Dynavector cartridges but I've have not heard newer (such as XV1s) mounted in a Breuer.

Albert,

I would have suggested the Breuer/EMT but it isn't available (and hasn't for a long time) an alternative then is the Brinkmann/EMT (similar but different - a classic audio term) :)+

Great arm though, although so many people have never seen or heard it. It is on display at Sound by Singer on, would you believe it, a Brinkmann table.

Regards.

Regards

I have been using a Breuer 8C MK II for a few months now, and it replaced a Schroder DPS with Ref magnets.

For me the Breuer has been the best arm I have ever owned. I have had many through my place too!

To answer your question, I am using the Dynavector XV-1s and love the sound it gives me. Friends with the same arm, have used the Miyabi Standard, Lyra Titan i, VanDenHul Colibri custom for Breuer, and finally a new one that Thomas of TW Acustics has been enjoying a lot, is the Allaerts cartridges.

The Breuer 8c MKII has a two piece counterweight so it can accomidate carts that are over 12 grams now. But it will not balance my 9 gram Miyabi/47. SO the are is still a little picky as to what it will work with. But the counterweight is an easy fix.

Thank You!
You all music lovers for such a nice response.
Breuer seem to accommodate quiet a few cartridges with pleased result.
Now I definitely have something to consider.
How about internal wires (is there options), are they one length to RCA connectors or do you have a separate cabel between arm-phonostage.
How about setup, is it difficult compared to SME V.
Do you also use a specific protractor for best result.
Appreciate your response.

Thanks again!

I use a Wally Tractor for my setup. Hard to get your hands on one though. I use Loefgren geometry.
It is farily easy to setup like all typical slotted headshell type arms. The pivot to spindle must be exact though!
I terminated mine with an RCA block off of my armboard and use an RCA to RCA phono cable. AS for internal wiring my friends had theirs rewired in Germany with a fully terminated cable, cart clips to RCA. Breuer just supplies the arm with his silver wire unterminated I beleive, that is the way mine came.

Paul

Thanks Pcosta!
Nice to know that full length cartridge-RCA cabel is available.
I must say You have a wonderful system, I envy.
If I had a system like that I propably never go to bed.

Many Thanks!

Thanks for the compliments, a good dealer, some friends a lot of time and patiencs, and money got me that setup. It is all fun though. I am really lucky to be able to afford some of this stuff.

The full length wiring is not done by Mr.Breuer, Thomas from TW had his redone by a fellow in Germany. He has done many now for other customers.
The silver wiring supplied with a new Breuer is very fragile, and must be handle with care especially the cartridge tags. For me it does not matter as i do not switch cartridges that often, but Thomas and others who play more than most people, found the cartridge tags did not last long on the wire supplied by Breuer.