Glanz moving magnet cartridges

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!!

Hi Raul,

Thanks for the suggestion. However, after reviewing discussions with Axel and holding lengthy discussions with Franz, the nude shibata on aluminium cantilever were felt to be optimum resonance and performance combination for my given cartridge (the Acutex 420 STR). So I've repeated that exercise to genuine joy.

I'm not dismissing the possibility that your suggestion of the shibata and boron combination is not valid. It is just that I have no experience in hearing this combination on said cartridge. However, if you can give me more details about how these perform, I will consider taking that option for one of my styli. If you want you can do this off line by email.

BTW, great to speak again on Agon.

As always...

Hi Frogman,

I've got the cartridge back but am awaiting arrival of my Moerch DP6 MK2. Apparently, my tonearm has now been produced and is going through testing. And so it is expected to be with me next week.

Will report back once set up and fully auditioned.

As always...

Dgob or Raul or anyone, last year I picked up a defective MF2500. It plays music but sounds strident, shrill, and distorted. Andy Kim more or less declined to work on it, either because he didn’t feel it was worth the cost of his effort or because he felt he couldn’t fix it. I couldn’t tell what he really thought. I have two stylus assemblies and neither one works well. Can anyone recommend a repair person with some expertise in these MF types? Thx.

@lewm 

I would suggest you talk to. Expert Stylus in the UK or Garrott in Australia.

Both have extensive experience with wide range of cartridges. Expert can rebuild some pretty weird cartridges.

Alternatively if the cantilever/suspension is dodgy have you investigated using a donor cartridge for another stylus assembly and retipping it with the appropriate stylus profile.