chakster
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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? It’s all in the article, there are info about different elliptical profiles, but the MicroRidge, Gyger and Shibata are always better and will serve us 2-3 times longer with less record wear than any Elliptical. Actually any modern cartridge manuf... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? SoundSmith provided a lot of information about stylus shape for those who would like to learn a bit about this subject. In the end of his article SoundSmith added infro from the JICO, but "figures provided by Jico can at least be doubled, and in s... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? @nandric Changing cantilevers by MM kinds is done either by gluing newcantilever/stylus combo OVER the restant of the old cantileveror gluing new cantilever IN the restant of the old cantilever. You know i don't retip MM cartridges, i've tried s... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Chakster, the point is, certain cartridges with the aluminum/elliptical can outperform others that sport a higher end stylus. Nobody said you should use your cheap stylus if you have a better on. I’m happy for you Since you already own the best.... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? @bimasta Some truly great carts had aluminum/elliptical. They have a special quality, as Raul points out, and it must be the motor. It is the "heart" of the cart. As Raul discovered "that truly inferior (on paper) stylus" sounded "right". I would... | |
| Any Experience With This Cartridge Retipper? I think most of the cartridge owners are not an experts (including myself) and few of them ever seen a stylus or cantilevers under a microscope. It's very difficult to judge about retipping service, once a cartridge is back to life people are happ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Yes generally the better the stylus the better the sound for a particular model. But Ive come to the conclusion that a cartridge with just a mediocre aluminum/elliptical can sound impressive.I can not recall any MM/MI with plain elliptical/aluminu... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? @cakyol Let me tell you my experience. I have come to experience (not believe) that it is NOT the type of the cartridge (MM/MC) but more the actual type of the stylus (elliptical, shibata, microline, van den hul, etc) that seems to make a much bi... | |
| What cart should I go for Fidelity-Research PMC-3 is superb for your "12 inch Jelco if you want something very special with Air-Core Coil, Vital Contact Line Diamond, low compliance MC designed (influenced by FR-7f thinking) by legendary Ikeda-San. If you'd like to try MM ... | |
| Seeking advice on several specific MC Step Up Transformers Just use a phono stage like Gold Note PH-10 with many gain option, fully adjustable. You don't need a SUT | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? @travbrow Some Empires are black over clear, as is my Empire 4000DIII. Nothing inferior about it regarding sound quality in my experience. It’s still nude mounted into the cantilever. If it's nude then it's fine. But Bonded vs Nude is a huge di... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? The diamond on this one is black over a small clear section compared to all clear of the used stylus. When you see something like that it is a Bonded diamond, not a Nude One. Bonded diamonds are inferior and much cheaped than Nude diamonds (they ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Most of the sellers are playin' fools, but once someone poited out that a cartridge stylus is fake then why they’re still selling them as originals ? Everyone has a right for mistake, but since the buyers explained them it is not the original and ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? The problem with top vintage carts is that if we do not buy styli today they will cost more tomorrow. Or we need a time machine to go back in the 80s for them :) | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? @jpjones3318 I got lucky with 205c mk4 as stated in my earlier posts, however i really doubt it is even possible to find healthy one. They are all lowriders, even unused samples, at least in my experience, i've tried many samples. The 205 mk3 does... |