Glanz moving magnet cartridges

Hi All,

on a point of correction, I recently acquired a second (and slightly damaged) stylus for my Acutex 420 STR. I sent it off for the same revamp as Axel had made and discussed this with his successor (Franz-Josef Schulte) and it transpires that the optimisation carried out by Axel was the nude shibata on an aluminium cantilever. 

I am about to receive the adapted stylus with the same adaptation from Franz. This should not only provide me with the joy that Axel's work did, but also afford me an opportunity to determine whether Franz is maintaining the impeccable standards set by Axel. Fingers crossed.

As always...

Please report the results.  I am very interested as I own the 420STR and feel it is a very under rated cartridge.  On my arm of choice (ET2) it has proven to be, in some ways, one of the best that I have owned.  Thanks!

Frogman,

Will do, definitely. I've been using mine on the original Moerch DP6 red point, but have just ordered a DP6 mk2 for its return. Very much looking forward to partnering them up and seeing what I get.

As always...

@dgob  : Sorry you already pull the triger but was a bad " move " because the cantilever should/must be boron material.

R.

Hi All,

Just to let you know, that I am sitting down a little less confused today. I recently bought the Accoustical-Systems Smartractor (a very recommended buy) and it turns out that the Glanz G5 in the Audiocraft 3300 with s armwand is precise on the Uni-Din scale. My state of perplexity  regarding the Loefgren A/ Baerwald DIN; Loegren B/Baerwald IEC; Loegren B  DIn and Loegren B IEC has (as you can see across this thread) caused me so much confusion, 

I wondered why none of these scales matched and why other test devices that were designed around these scales also saw  problems AND YET the music coming from the cartridge/tonearm combination was just so stunning! Well, it turns out that the scales were not measuring what was being asked of them. Some might say that this proves that the best equipment for making audiophile decisions remains our own (with time, 'trained') ears!!