chakster
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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? @halcro So the new Garrott P77i has a different motor, body, stylus and cantilever.You may as well be comparing apples and oranges.... Yes, but i have an old original motor (generator) and many of us have it too, so the stylus is what we can tr... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? @j2d2 Since the AT 170 is no longer available, how about the Clearaudio Maestro? What else? I've never used anything other than a moving coil, but am tired of paying so much money and will buy a mm if there is a very good one available. If so,... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I think i was correct by saying that SAS is an improvement for mediocre cartridges, but not an improvement for the state-of-the-art cartridges because they are already comes with the best cantilevers and the best styli (Boron/Beryllium .. MicroRid... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? @halcro I have three original Garrott P77 cartridges, all bought directly from John and Brian Garrott with two of them having re-tips done by Brian.Can you explain why you have retipped MM cartridges? The original replacement styli still availab... | |
| Seeking arm suggestions for a Grace F9R @keemoment Then please add a link to the forum or a link to the picture. I don't have F9, but this is bras shank of my F12 and it's better made stylus replacement than F9. There is a brass nut to protect tension wire, but on F9 there is a drop of ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? @j2d2 Just checked the Audio Technica website and dont see the ATML 170 - 180 listed. The AT-ML180 has been discontinued in the 90's and the AT-ML170 even erlier. In my opinion they are the best MM cartridges ever made, extremely hard to fi... | |
| Seeking arm suggestions for a Grace F9R @keemoment But one should note that over in discussions at VE, someone there had an image of he original stylus having a resistor (?) inside the brass barrel and that it accounted for the MC-like quality of the F9E. It's called tension wire, n... | |
| NOS Grace F9E question We have to remember that normally in good recordings the recording microphones are at near field position and from this point of view the LOMC are truer to the recording. We’re talking about vintage cartridges here (let’s say from the 80s max), a... | |
| The 'tube-transistor' enigma by MC carts? @atmasphere Just so you know, 6Nines copper wire does not exist. The best anyone has done is 5Nines and that claim seems highly suspect! There you go: 6N Copper: https://www.americanelements.com/6n-999999-copper-metal-7440-50-8ZYX Coil Wire type... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? @rauliruegas Any external SUT or headamp needs additional cables, connectors and cable soldered joints from where the delicated LOMC cartridge signal must pass and where suffer severe degradations. Just imagine any cartridge signal passing an... | |
| NOS Grace F9E question @jollytinker : Maybe could be better to you to look for a different cartridge " taste " that could be the excelent Acutex M320 or Acutex 315/320LPM, B?O MMC1 or MMC2 or even the Astatic MF200 or MF100. Yes, please buy all those, but leave the Gra... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? People comment on stuff that they never heard, never tried.This is typical audiogon today, pretty sadP.S. Metal-Film resistors are outdated, in 2011 Vishay Naked-Foil resistors were introduced especially for high-end audio applications. http://www... | |
| NOS Grace F9E question All B&O cartridges made by SoundSmith for B&O under contract. SoundSmith is OEM, Peter spread the light on this interesting fact in his interview for Stereophile: https://youtu.be/Rd948px1230 | |
| Dynavector retiped Never buy retipped cartridges, look for a perfectly working original (new or used)BTW: Dynavector KARAT 23RS BR Ruby from the 80's is a fantastic cartridge for the money. | |
| NOS Grace F9E question @jollytinker Grace made mode than 20 versions of LEVEL II cartridges in the 80s, which one you’re looking for ? As i said the output is from 3 to 5 mV depends on the model. You’re welcome.vinylengine is the worst source for information regarding r... |