MM, MC, or MI cartridge

Can somebody briefly describe the difference in the sonic characteristics of these types of cartridge, if possible?

I’ve never had a MC and I’m wondering what difference it would make.

rvpiano07-08-2022 12:36pm

joenies Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 273 posts 07-08-2022 at 10:04pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Greetings A MC cartridge will give you the illusion that you are sitting in a concert hall 7 rows back dead center. A MM/MI will give you the illusion that you are in row 30. There more to it but that is my simple explanation. joe nies
joenies Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 273 posts 07-11-2022 at 10:27pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Greetings To be fair to my ears I will eventually finish refurbishing my Heybrook TT2 turntable with a Sumiko Premiere MMT tonearm. I’ll install a Grado XTZ MI Cartridge on it. I haven’t listened to a MI/MM cartridge in my system in over 35+ years. I have only used MC cartridges. I’m looking forward to listening to the Grado cartridge. If I enjoy the Grado cartridge I’ll look at updating to a more current MI/MM cartridge. My previous response was based on how cartridges sounded to me 35 years ago. Joe Nies