Best cartridge for Breuer 8C

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.

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 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.