The choice can be a bit wider with top of the line Phasemation and Miyajima cartridges.
EMT and/or Koetsu with Shindo pre/phono and Kuzma Ref 313 arm....
I have been using an EMT TSD-75 as my main cartridge for a few years. I'd like to purchase a new cartridge in the $5-$6 range. I'm considering Koetsu or EMT. The EMT is the front runner, due to the fact I know they play well w/ my tonearm, step up, and phono stage. The issue is I'm not sure which model to get.
my setup: Kuzma Ref. 2, REF 313 VTA, Shindo VR, Dyquem Parallel SET 300B, Altec Valencia's w/ updated crossovers. Music runs from classic jazz, to Nick Drake, Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, Joni, Eva Cassidy, Elliott Smith, CSN/Y, solo Neil, Zeppelin, Jackson Browne. Cheers -Don
my setup: Kuzma Ref. 2, REF 313 VTA, Shindo VR, Dyquem Parallel SET 300B, Altec Valencia's w/ updated crossovers. Music runs from classic jazz, to Nick Drake, Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, Joni, Eva Cassidy, Elliott Smith, CSN/Y, solo Neil, Zeppelin, Jackson Browne. Cheers -Don
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I’m interested in the EMT cartridges and know nothing, really, about them. I tried to put together some information about EMT carts in this topic with links, pictures etc @markusthenaimnut |
Mr. Yoshio Matsudaira (MY) designs high-performance cartridges, and has designed for Koetsu (Onyx), Air Tight, Miyabi, etc. Miyabi cartridges designed by Haruo Takeda, his latest design for 47 Labs was distributed by Yoshi Segoshi (Sakura Systems). I don’t think that Yoshio Matsudaira did anything for Miyabi. Am I missed something? Haruo Takeda (Miyabi), the former Audio-Technica employee who went on to design and build phono cartridges for Krell, Mark Levinson, and Cello, and who even lent his talents to Koetsu in that company’s early days. |