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Generally speaking, are MC cartridges more delicate than MMs?

Here's why I ask: I'm planning, finally, to get my retirement turntable. My one concern: I'm blind. I've used a Rega Planar 3 for many years without difficulty, though on the rarest of occasions I come up a tad short when cueing up a record and the stylus slides off the platter until I quickly lift the lever and set things right. Not great, obviously, but this is, as I said, rare. And so far has caused no obvious problems. I'm using an Ortofon 2M Black at the moment.

 

Suppose I were to get a better Rega (Planar 6 or 8) with, say, an Ania Pro. If the same sort of mishap were to occur, would it be likely to be a complete disaster, ruining the cartridge forever and leaving me out of luck and out of music, or would it be more likely to be just like what I described with the setup I've got now?

 

Thanks for any help anyone can provide.

 

-- Howard

 

hodu

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lewm
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"MC cartridges offer a level of performance that is definitively superior to MM cartridges but at 4 to 5 times the expense."  This is pure BS and also bad thinking.  Are you prepared to say that ALL MC cartridges outperform ALL MM cartridges?  If not, you said it anyway.  All the rest of what you say that follows that unsupportable generalization is as unsupportable as your opening salvo.  Nandric, where are you now that we need you?

You're welcome to your opinion, of course.

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