Review: Aidas Mammoth Gold mk2 MC cartridge

Here's what Aidas says: "28db or more at 1khz ( channel separation) , Channell balance  ＜ 0.4dB 1khz. "

"As mentioned in the review, the use of ivory by violin and guitar makers says a lot about its resonance characteristics."  But exactly what does it say? This is a transducer, not a musical instrument.  The only thing advantageous about mammoth ivory is that obtaining it did not require the killing of an elephant.

>>"As mentioned in the review, the use of ivory by violin and guitar makers says a lot about its resonance characteristics."  But exactly what does it say? This is a transducer, not a musical instrument.  The only thing advantageous about mammoth ivory is that obtaining it did not require the killing of an elephant.<<

Unusual reply from you lewm.  Do you believe a cartridge's body has no influence on how it sounds?

I’m sure it sounds wonderful. But I’m not at all sure the materials science would support equivalence between freshly butchered elephant ivory and frozen-in-permafrost for 30,000 years mammoth ivory. That rather brings a new perspective to "cryo treated"!