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| cartridge for SME 3009 Series 2 NON improved arm Nagaoka dynamic compliance is 7.2cu @ 100Hz, pretty low for an MM cartridge, converting from 100Hz to 10Hz using "x1.7" formula will give us about 12.2cu @10Hz. Now you can make your calculation. | |
| At what price point do I run into diminishing returns on an MC Cartridge? When your ears no longer hear an improvement! If this was addressed to me then i think hearing abilities is slightly better at 40 than at 60, so i have plenty of time to check various cartridges. And prior to choose inexpensive vintage MM or ... | |
| Bang for the Buck Turntable is brand new Technics SL1200GR and the cartridge is vintage AT-ML150 OCC or Stanton 881s mkII / Pickering XSV3000 just to name a few. Read why Stanton and AT-ML series are so good. P.S. some vintage Direct Drive like Denon DP-80 can be b... | |
| Upgrading my beginner setup and not sure how to allocate funds. New cart, table or amp? Start with a cartridge, this is the most important anyway, your current cart is entry level, you will have to change it on any turntable, also you can buy it cheaper than amp or turntable and on your TT it will be immediate improvement in your sys... | |
| At what price point do I run into diminishing returns on an MC Cartridge? @rbstehno Normantaylor-creating a thread like this will get you a mix of people that don’t want to spend any amount of money on audio pieces like cables and cartridges or people that think their $100 piece is a giant killer.Some used high-end ca... | |
| Deciding on new TT and either a Zephyr MIMC vs an Audio Technica ART9 I’ve heard that official Audio-Technica exchange of the ART-9 to a new ART-9 is very reasonably priced too, but you have to buy from the official dealer only, ask them about it! Do not bother with retip (when it’s time), you will get a new ART-9 c... | |
| New Phono cartridge Try some decent MM or MI if you already have LOMC | |
| At what price point do I run into diminishing returns on an MC Cartridge? Audiocraft AC-03 (currently MY Sonic Lab)@edgewear Interesting, i did not know they are from the same designer. Ortofon MC-5000/7500 Did you compare those to MC2000 ? | |
| HELP! Technics SL1200GR/Benz Glider Anit-Skate Setting High My favorite high and mid compliance MM/MI cartridges are able to pass all 4 bands on Hi-Fi test LP without skipping on Technics stock tonearm. Grace, Audio-Technica, Stanton can do that with ease. | |
| At what price point do I run into diminishing returns on an MC Cartridge? With all my respect to our Halcro i would never chose a cartridge based on other people system by listening to it over youtube mp3 sound video link. It may help a bit, but i think you can also go to the wrong direction if your reference is his (no... | |
| Cartridge loading Dynamic compliance of your DENON DL-103 cartridge is 5cu @ 100Hz , convert it to 10Hz and it will be 8.5 cu - this is extremely low compliance if you don’t know. Look at the specs of your Denon to check it if you don’t believe me. To convert 100Hz... | |
| At what price point do I run into diminishing returns on an MC Cartridge? I disagree that price has Nothing to do it. It just doesn't have everything to do with it which I recognized prior to posting.There is absolutely nothing in cartridge design that can cost $5k or $10k, some cartridge manufacturers selling thei... | |
| Technics SL-1200G with no tonearm Yeah, there are so many turntables designed for very easy tonearm replacement everyday. Micro Seiki is one of them, for example DDX-1000 and related from Micro with those armboard brackets. Luxman PD-444 with its metal armboards for almost any ton... | |
| Cartridge loading Most of my MC cartridges are better with loading much higher than 100 Ohm, normally 1000 Ohm, 10 000 Ohm or even 47 000 Ohm is better. But do not expect that you will stay forever with a chosen loading, it depends on the mood. This arm is not opti... | |
| Technics SL-1200G with no tonearm Why do you think they should offer this if they already made SP-10R unit without tonearm and plinth ? You can remove the arm from SL1200G and sell it. If you want cheaper Technics without tonearm then buy SP-10 mkII under $1500 or SP-10 even cheap... |