Review: Aidas Mammoth Gold mk2 MC cartridge

Given that mammoth ivory has hardly been extensively studied for its sonic properties, I assume a cartridge body made from it is made for the same reasons I have three custom straight razors scaled with it: it looks pretty and it confers bragging rights.

It fits my fundamental recommendation and preference:

advanced stylus shape on boron cantilever.

I checked both the review and makers site

I cannot find performance specs related to precise imaging

channel separation ______db?

channel balance _______db?

>> Given that mammoth ivory has hardly been extensively studied for its sonic properties, I assume a cartridge body made from it is made for the same reasons I have three custom straight razors scaled with it: it looks pretty and it confers bragging rights.<<

As mentioned in the review, the use of ivory by violin and guitar makers says a lot about its resonance characteristics.

>> I cannot find performance specs related to precise imaging

channel separation ______db?

channel balance _______db?  <<

I will try to find out for you.

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"!