Glanz moving magnet cartridges


Hi,

I have just acquired an old Glanz G5 moving magnet cartridge. However, I cannot find out any details about this or the Glanz range or, even the company and its history.

Can anyone out there assist me in starting to piece together a full picture?

Any experiences with this or other Glanz's; web links; set up information etc would be warmly received. Surely someone knows something!

Thanks in hope
dgob

Showing 5 responses by harold-not-the-barrel

Dear Nandric, In mid 80´s this MFG-610LX was the best GLANZ model for sale, at least in this European frontier. The stylus tip is Line Contact. In my younger and not so wealthy days I had to be very careful when spending my money on high fidelity things such as expensive phono cartridges. I had to choose between SHURE V15V-MR and that peculiar GLANZ. Just previously I had experienced the excellent MFG-310LX. I chose the SHURE instead. Had I chosen the GLANZ, would I still be enjoying it ? I mean as much as the ULTRA 500 with witch I completed my MM search 25 years ago I ? Mysteries of life...
Yes, we must ask Dover.
Dear Vetterone, Many thanks for your very informative review of those vintage GLANZ flagships. Maybe the MFG-XXXLX series were imported exclusively to this North European Frontier, kinda opposite to the Japanese market (grin). I should have had bought it when it was available for a very short time, young and foolish was I !

The MFG-61 with its special tiny stylus tip and boron cantilever may very well be the finest of the GLANZ MF carts.

Merci
Fascinating is the search for the mysterious MF...and MM/MI cart(s). This may very well be a neverending story/thread, after all...
Still, logically the highest digit confirms the finest, so the 71 must be that ?