Hello,
Van Den hul MC from Europe. $4k
Its not sweet or boring sounding cart, it's has good detail and very good dynamics.
The Hana SL is $750. This is one of those carts that is well under valued.
As MC said in his fun way it comes down to sound on your system. Another option that comes into play is the phono preamp. Just like the preamp on your system the phono preamp adds the pop and color to your carts sound. Bottom line you need to match your cart to your system especially your phono preamp unless you are ok changing out that too. On the solid state side I would recommend Sutherland phono preamps. Also there is a new version of the Little LOCO called the Mark II. One big advantage is it now works flawlessly with the REGA line using a MC cart. Otherwise the most popular choice is the 20/20 which has an option of a separate linear power supply. It can handle MM and MC carts. My local shop in Chicagoland area is
https://holmaudio.com/
They let you demo gear Saturday till Tuesday night. I think all Hifi stores should do this. Thank god mine local store does. As a side note: I just burned in my Puritan PSM156 power conditioner and Puritan ultimate XX power cord. Everything in my system has been upgraded a lot. It does take 2 weeks to burn in. I don’t care because the quality in sound coming out of my system has doubled maybe even tripled. I hope my recommendation above helps the are top notch carts at two different price points.
Van Den hul MC from Europe. $4k
Its not sweet or boring sounding cart, it's has good detail and very good dynamics.
The Hana SL is $750. This is one of those carts that is well under valued.
As MC said in his fun way it comes down to sound on your system. Another option that comes into play is the phono preamp. Just like the preamp on your system the phono preamp adds the pop and color to your carts sound. Bottom line you need to match your cart to your system especially your phono preamp unless you are ok changing out that too. On the solid state side I would recommend Sutherland phono preamps. Also there is a new version of the Little LOCO called the Mark II. One big advantage is it now works flawlessly with the REGA line using a MC cart. Otherwise the most popular choice is the 20/20 which has an option of a separate linear power supply. It can handle MM and MC carts. My local shop in Chicagoland area is
https://holmaudio.com/
They let you demo gear Saturday till Tuesday night. I think all Hifi stores should do this. Thank god mine local store does. As a side note: I just burned in my Puritan PSM156 power conditioner and Puritan ultimate XX power cord. Everything in my system has been upgraded a lot. It does take 2 weeks to burn in. I don’t care because the quality in sound coming out of my system has doubled maybe even tripled. I hope my recommendation above helps the are top notch carts at two different price points.
