MC Cartridge: Elliptical; around 0.5mv; track 1.25-1.75; Affordable

by the way, the Roland is a bust,

sounded horrible, tubby bass, no involvement in favorite recordings which sounded wonderful again when played on his current preamp back to back.

he knew it had a problem, couldn't remember what, it might have been wrong resistors for his grace cartridge, ....

but it sounded bad on CD and Phono, so it's needing doctoring

It seems a shame, so I wrote to Jeff Rowland asking for a ballpark estimate to overhaul/upgrade it. 

I don't think I will use it, but perhaps have it fixed for my friend's birthday.

@hdm 

Thanks for the laugh. We need more of that. Hope chaks got a good sense of humour too. 


“Chakster hates the idea of retips so be prepared: he will write a small
novel trying to talk you out of it. ;)”

yes, funny,

we didn't get the novel, yet, the joke probably set some editing in gear.

I would like to know what chackster and others think about re-tipping.

one option is to find a nice model with elliptical and have Steve at VAS change to a variation of line contact for greater groove contact.

Bill says Denon 103 sounds wonderfully musical, and I could change their conical tip to ___.

anyone?

I'm still considering others, meanwhile:

This currently available MC specs are exactly what I like, does anyone have it, heard it, tried it, sent it away???

on ebay, $450. full specs shown
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Brand-new-Audio-Technica-MC-Cartridge-AT33PTG-II-AT-33-PTG-II/264129989611

AT website, $550.
https://www.audio-technica.com/cms/cartridges/265f6b3dd520a226/index.html 

this is a new thread so everyone sees this specific question.

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/audio-technica-at33ptg-ii-mc-cartridge-anyone-have-it-or-heard-it

thanks, Elliott

I ordered the AT33PTG/2, couldn't wait any more, thanks for the advice I couldn't wait for

it will be here thursday, will try it via Bill's SUT when he brings his Denon 103

it's specs are nearly identical to the 20 year old ART2000mc, and I have read good things from owners on-line.

I feel like I got out of jail now that this is over, unless it sounds like crap! 

Most re-tippers either cannot or will not rebuild a suspension. Don’t buy a cartridge that is likely to need a new suspension or a rebuild of its old suspension. That would be a mistake. Changing the cantilever and stylus type can be done, and that is a whole different can of worms.

yeah, the work on an old one idea wasn't appealing the more that I thought about it

retipping a fairly new one, damaged or worn could be a good alternative, opposed to the opportunity to try something new.