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High end cartridge made in USA?

Anyone know of a high end a'phile MC cartridge that is made in the USA? or for that matter in the UK or anywhere else besides Japan, Holland and maybe Switzerland. Is Clearaudio still made in Germany?
Does the US and the UK not have the manufacturing ability to make quality low output MC's? If so, why are they not?
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chakster
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I believe oustanding Argent MC cartridges are all US made in the 80s, but they are very rare and hard to find nowadays. Argent made diamond, ruby and sapphire cantilever versions. The company also made acoustic room lens before they disappeared from the market. Low compliance, high output model Argent MC500HS with sapphire cantilever sounds amazing, i wish i could put my hands on some other argent cartridges. And would be nice if anyone else here could share experience with Argent MC cartridges (reviews, catalogs, personal experience).
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Yeah, very low output MI designed for MC phono stage - very interesting., Same with Soundsmith Sussurro Paua with output of 0.3 mV
I'm curious how those low output MI sound with MC phono stages.

As opposite to this Some people use high output MC with MM preamps but when i tried it with my Argent MC500HS i didn't like it at all (it lost all the magic). It's much better with MC stage.
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