Wayne's Audio Canary LOMC Cartridge


Has anyone seen this cart that Wayne's Audio has advertised on usaudiomart? I can't decide if it's a deal or a just a cheaply made, you get what you paid for, lomc.
Thanks,
Sam

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I bought one also, but I haven't mounted it yet. Hopefully I'll get to it this weekend. It's appears to be very well made and I'm looking forward to hearing it. I'm curious as to who actually makes this cart. If it sounds as good as it looks, it's a steal at the price he's asking.
I enjoyed buying from Wayne as he was helpful and answered questions via email almost immediately. 

Anybody have any more thoughts about the Canary cartridge relative to any other MC cartridges?

I would love for someone like Jonathan Carr, Peter Lederman, or Steve Leung to explain how the cottage industry of cartridge manufacture can be done. I have to believe that the motor assembly is sourced from one manufacturer, the body from another or perhaps made custom by a machine shop, and simply combined and placed in a fancy box and voila. This is not like A.J. Van den Hul, also a cottage industry of sorts, building cartridges from scratch.

I am reminded of the Swiss watch industry in which 95% of the major labels use one of two stock mass-produced movements, customize them to varying degrees, and then design a fancy case and bezel around it. When Omega, after half a century of using ETA (third party stock movement) movements moved to in-house designed and built from the ground up movements, it shook the industry.

@fsonicsmith1 Have a look at the Audio Note IO and then look at some the Cart's built on the Cartridge Close Ups on Vinyl Engine, especially since June 2022 onwards.

I think you will see a Cart' can be produced if one has the skills and equipment, there is plenty info available to learn where to source some of the other critical items. 

PC Triple C Coil Wire is one Wire I hope to see used in a Cart' at some point.