Nagaoka MP-500 cartridge

Did anyone compare it to other better MM cartridges or perhaps some MC like Lyra Delos? What are its strong and weak points?

inna08-21-2016 7:39pm

maxson Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 83 posts 08-22-2016 at 09:39pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I have the MP-500--a fine cart, tho I haven't listened to it lately. In terms of MMs, my current fave is a Shelter 201 w/SAS stylus. Signet TKLca is a top performer as well. I'd put the Nagaoka on a tier below that, along with the AT-50ANV. You've inspired me to mount it now.
maxson Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 83 posts 08-24-2016 at 12:34am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Yes, it's the SAS-1. Just became available again, now with sapphire instead of boron cantilever. I bought it to fit the Arcam P-77, but it fits the 201 fine. Not sure about the Pearl. And, yes, I did mean the 150ANV.
maxson Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 83 posts 08-24-2016 at 04:53pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I didn't know in advance that it would fit the Shelter. I bought it for the P-77. Then I saw online it would fit the Shelter. I've had the Shelter for quite awhile but hadn't mounted it recently. When I did I was really happy with how propulsive it was, even explosive. Putting the SAS on it made it much more refined and just as dynamic. The boron cantilever SAS was around $150, so it used to be even more cost effective.