Highest detail cartridges

Dear @bimasta: Yes, usually you can connect it directly.

I owned its top Nakamichi model the MC-1000 that's a LOMC one and very good performer. I can't remember rigth now whom made it for Nakamichi.

R.

Dear @believehifi: You " sound " as a seller. That LOMC cartridge is " more of the same ", it's another contender but nothing to die for.

The Top Wing is different and comes with an innovation but at a high price. Certainly I can't say is the " today king of cartridges " and I don't know which are/is the foundation for that statement.

Here the OP ask for detail. Had you listening in your today system one of the lowest output Colibri design?

R.

Dear @bpoletti : You posted: " +1 " to this post:

""" if the tone arm is able to track the cartridge correctly, then the actual choice of cartridge is far less important. ..... properly set up far overshadows the choice of cartridge. """

that’s a no-sense post due to unknowledge level on the overall subject.

Always the cartridge choice is important and everything the same NOTHING can " overshadows " the choice of cartridge and exist facts that confirm those:

in the same tonearm with the same audio system a Lyra Etna always will outperforms the Kleos as the Kleos beats the Delos one. If we make same comparison: the Colibri always beats the Black Beauty even in a non-top tonearm.

When everything is the same the cartridge choice can makes a difference for the better or worst and as I said nothing can overshadows it but a bad system .

If not, why cartridge manufacturers marketed so different cartridge models?, not only to cover different market price level but each single models ( no matter what. ) performs with different quality level. Lyra, Ortofon, VDH, Benz Micro Koetsu and almost every manufacturer works in the same way. They don't care to other parameter or audio item that its design quality levels at a price point.

Other than the LP the analog king is the cartridge, obviously that after the cartridge every single link in the audio system/room chain is important including our music/sound knowledge and skills levels.

I don’t know why you posted: " +1 " when in your post you attested the cartridge difference with the Clavis.

Anyway, good luck with your cartridge hunt.

R.

Dear @lewm : One critical subject that all have to take in count when reading any single post coming from every one is to look from  which system/room whole items came that post because experiences based  opinions coming from any one of us depends on what we listened in our system and depends too of each one music/sound priorities.

Your M320 outperforms any AT MM cartridges and other coming from different manufacturers.

R.

Dear @bpoletti :   Highest detail ?. The overall frequency range is to wide to ask " detail " in all the range.

In my experiences what really make a differences for the better always are cartridge with good detail at both frequency extremes, both frequency ranges are the  frame of the whole music. and taking in count both frequency extremes my choice is the Colibri by a wide margin:

https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis91i48-van-den-hul-colibri-xgp-gold-lw-new-latest-version-cartri...

Overall very hard to beat. Obviously that will be " limited " for the other audio items the Colibri is surrounded, well as any other cartridge but the Colibri is maybe more demandant than others.

R.