Need New MM Cartridge Recommendation

Dear jbhiller: I don't know why you want a " new " kind nof sound diferent from the Roksan you own.

Roksan cartridges are manufacturer by Goldring but are not similar to Goldring. Roksan cartridge are at higher quality level.
I own Roksan and are really good, maybe the advise from other gentlemans are because they unknow the Roksan quality levels. If I was you I just follow with Roksan through that link that  johnnyb53 posted here.

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.

Dear friends: A gentleman here posted two statements that with all respect to him makes no sense to me and if he posted it maybe is because has very good reasons about, I hope he can chime on it. 
Here are those statements:


"""  forget those Dynas, Ortos and ATs, that's money waist.  """

money waist to whom and why?


"""  Cartridge should be good enough. but it is the least significant element in analog set-up. """"


well, other than the LP the cartridge is " the source " and the music information recorded in the LP grooves depends mainly in two cartridges characteristics: cartridge self tracking habilities ( to pick-up with precision the grooves LP modulations. ) and the cartridge quality design and execute of that design for the manufacturer.
That's why we have so many cartridge choices even that's the " least " significant link in the analog rig. Maybe the cartridge designers and audiophiles are " stupid/ignorants " and do not understand that gentleman's statement.

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.

Dear paraneer: With out a deep explanation could be a joke or just ignorance.

regards and enjoy the music,
R.

Dear P.: Unfortunatelly all of us have an ignorance level, diferent on each one of us. Ignorance is something that we unknow for sure something that we have no experiences about. Ignorance is the non existence of any king of knowledge in an audio subject or that our knowledge about is just wrong or because we have a misunderstood on the subject. Ignorance is not an insult per se but a fact for any one of us.
No one has the right answers for everything in audio.

I really hope that Don can return here and chime on its post maybe we are ignorant of something, who knows?.

I'm willing to learn every single day of my life and better if I'm wrong in some audio subject.

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.

Dear dentdog: The quality performance levels on any cartridge has to be judged along the tonearm used with. This couple is that a couple and not all cartridges performs at its best in a tonearm, maybe the Maestro was not to happy with yours.

In the other side you posted and I respect what you said:

"""  Is the Nagaoka musical in the sense that it has the sweetness, or at least some smoothness """#

I don't know where you attend to listen live music and listened that " sweetness and smootness " you are talking about. Live music has a natural agresiveness that is far away from what you like. MUSIC is not that.

Forgeret about that kind of FR recomendation on vintage cartridges. If you want a vintage MM experience try to find at least an Acutex 320. The other recomendation on Victor is a waist of time because SAS stylus replacement are no longer in production from 3 months now.

Btw, the OP of this thread already bought Ortofon many posts ago and maybe some of you did not read it because follow making recomendations.

Regards and enjoy the music,
R. 

Dear chakster: I will answer you in the MM thread. IMHO the subject belongs there and not here. 

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.

Dear dentdog: I have experience with almost all the top Nagaoka models but that's not the point but the swetness you speak.

If you are in a live event at 3 m. from a gentleman playing a cornet where you can detect those nuances in the undertones, sorry no way. Music is not that way.

Nothing wrong with what you like in an audio system that performs very different ( any system. ) from a live music. I always try to stay nearest to the recording and live music but is imposible to even that.

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.

Dear peeweekiwi: I think you have  many options to choose and depends on your budget.

These are all very good performers ( you can't go wrong with either. ) at very fair prices:

https://www.audiogon.com/listings/cartridges-sumiko-blackbird-homc-one-owner-low-use-serviced-by-nee...

https://www.audiogon.com/listings/cartridges-linn-akiva-low-output-moving-coils-cartridge-lyra-koets...

https://www.audiogon.com/listings/cartridges-dynavector-xx-2-mkii-2016-04-11-analog-01227-dalton-ma


Regards and enjoy the music,
R.