Mono Cartridge

@andysf 

you could be right about the arm match, but Miyajima mono use feedback is minimal, and this cartridge is worth some investigation. everyone i know who has heard the Infinity has fallen hard for it. and it won't break the bank......which is why i bought two. :-)

i would strongly suggest reaching out to Robin Wyatt, the USA Miyajima importer, for his thoughts on your arm match. he is a very knowledgeable and helpful guy. might even let you try one.

info@robyattaudio.com

Bill,

all the Miyajima's use a conical diamond stylus. so that experience is with the conical shape at those tracking forces.

Mike

ok then, you’ve already gone there.

best wishes, @andysf with the Phasematron.

the 1.0 mil mono cartridge you want is the Miyajima Infinity mono 1.0 mil version.

i own both the 1.0 mil, and 0.7 mil versions of the Infinity Mono; each mounted on their own arm. so i can try pressings on each one, side by side.

the 1.0 mil kicks ass on early wide groove mono pressings. superb. low noise. the 0.7 mil is awesome on my 45 rpm mono reissues which i love.

i love both of these cartridges.

http://www.miyajima-lab.com/e-mono.html

Absolute Sound has a 'rave' print review on the Infinity mono in the current issue by Jacob Heilbrunn.

@billstevenson

For those of you with knowledge of Miyajima, why are they requiring such high VTF? I would buy one otherwise.

i’m not a cartridge designer. so i’d be guessing about the VTF aspects of Miyajima’s. but 3.5 grams is not crazy heavy. many MM’s are that or heavier. i’ve owned a 1.0 mil Miyajima tracking at 3.5 grams for 9 years. zero apparent groove wear and some of my records have been played many hundreds of times.

my moving coil Clearaudio GFS tracks at 2.8 grams.

lot’s more groove damage occurs when a stylus is not solid in the groove (miss-tracking) with light tracking like a VDh Colibri at 1.35 grams VTF, than when it’s solid at 3.5 grams.

keep the alignment and anti-skate right and keep the records clean. that’s most important.