Low compliance cartridges

Would appreciate suggestions for moving magnet low compliance cartridges within a price range of $500.00 to $1000.00. Cartridge will be used in a Origin Live OLMK2 tonearm with TWL mod. Thanks for your help.

wepratt03-13-2006 12:01am

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dan_ed Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,451 posts 03-13-2006 at 12:59am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete How is your system gain? Denon 103R (.25 mV) comes to mind although whether the actual compliance is really as low as advertised seems to be debatable. Perhaps a Shelter 501? I think TWL develped his amazing tweak while using one of these cartridges. Check out www.cartridgedb.com
dan_ed Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,451 posts 03-13-2006 at 03:37pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I believe both of your cartridges are high-ouput MM, which does make sense given that Macintosh usually has a MM phono stage. This means that many of the MC cartridges are probably not going to work for you without the addition of step-up transformers. I don't know Mac gear well enough to know if they offer a MC phono stage. I wouldn't worry too much about trying to get the low compliance as much as perhaps looking to add some gain to your phono stage if you are wanting to try MC cartridges. (Your cartridges are around 15 so that should qualify as medium compliance.)
dan_ed Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,451 posts 03-13-2006 at 04:29pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Yes, I applogize. Monday morning fog brain here. I overlooked the fact that you're looking for MM.

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