Switching from MM to MC - my experiences

Alan,

Thank you for posting such well thought out and thorough write-up of the two cartridges. Your passion for audio and analog really shows and is much appreciated and admired. You being humble about your writing is also admirable and do not worry about forgiveness - none is needed. I enjoyed your read very much.

BTW, my first MC, purchased in the late seventies, was a 103D and I enjoyed it immensely. The fact that they are still being made is indeed a testament to their greatness.

Thanks again and good day from the other side of the pond ;-)

Dear Theapplechap: I can't remember when but this is the second time I read this kind of thread/post.

Anyway a good reading. I can't be sure through your cartridge set up in your review if the Ortofon MMs were showing its best due to the " right " load impedance and capacitance. I can't know if with those Ortofon 2M models you tested it different impedance values, different capacitance values and different combinations on those impedance and capacitance values.

As any LOMC cartridge any MM/MI cartridge to shows at its best must be loaded correctly, with out this electrical " correctly " set up a cartridge comparison could be not conclusive.

In the other side your thread " swtiching from MM to MC.. " is IMHO not an universal meaning but only that you switched from the 2M black to the Rondo/103 but IMHO no more than this.

With different cartridges in a different set up or even in the same analog rig/set up conclusions could be different.

I see MM/MIs and LOMC cartridges as two alternatives where neither are perfect but for to have a better appreciation on either alternative IMHO is a must to have wide experiences with several LOMC cartridges and wide experiences with MM/MIs cartridges too.

Anyway as I said a good reading, a good explanation on your specific experiences.

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.