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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Just a brief update, I've just been experimenting with my Spectral Moving Coil Reference and tried it for the first time in my Ikeda IT407 silver wired tonearm with a magnesium headshell. It is providing surprisingly good music but these are early... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Axel,See your point. After 7 glorious days with the AT20, just started A/B testing with my joyous MP50. Things are more complex. The MP50, in the AC3300, throws me back to questioning. It's simply like a live performance time and time again. The A... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Doktorgigi,No offense given or taken. Honestly, if the rest of your system allows, the AT-20 is phenomenal. You know the now well-worn adage ("I heard things I've never heard on familiar records before"), well it really does apply here. The presen... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Doktorgigi,It's very early over here and so my mistakes abound. Anyway, I think that if you can improve on the SLa's performance (with the ATN20SS stylus in it) you will have a phenomenal system and hearing. Personally, I simply cannot imagine whe... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lewm,I should have written the ATN-20SS stylus and AT-20SS cartridge. My mistake. Either way, you will not be disappointed. The cartridge will go as far as your system allows it and then some. I really think it is simply phenomenal and look forwar... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lewm,Although the bulk of my hifi life has involved MC's, I have auditioned/owned too many MM's to recall. However, of the MM's that I still own there is the Nagaoka MP50, Empire EDR, Music Maker III, Empire 1000 XE/Z, Audio Technica AT-ML170/OCC,... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I have now spent the last day listening to the AT20SLa when set up correctly and run-in. WOW, WOW, WOW!!!Everything is just spot on: midrange, frequency extremes, imaging, soundstage, timbre, dynamics, PRaT. How good do I think it is?Better than m... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I've just run-in and started testing my new Audio Technica AT20 cartridge (with a NOS ATN20SS stylus). When I get a chance, I intend to do some direct A/B testing against my reference Nagaoka MP50 but things sound very promising at present.Thanks ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Headsnappin,I use an Audiocraft AC3300 tonearm to excellent effect. It performs far better with the Nagaoka MP50 than the SME V, Ikeda IT407 (silver wired) or a Morch DP6 redpoint.Hope this helps | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I know how difficult it is to distinguish between recorded low frequency and its cut off point (or the point where low bass starts to be confused with rumble - say 20Hz), but the post-1949 advances in recording technology do impact on sound. A few... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Axelwahl,Maybe its the fact that I achieve undistorted bass down to 15Hz, but the 1000 XE/Z's bass is far from controlled. Deep, yes, but definitely not controlled/life-like. I still hold out hope that correct/ideal matching can address this but w... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Axenwahl,No, I use the 1000 XE/Z with 100k loading and suffer the same problems. It's midrange and stage depth and width are phenomenal but its top end and bottom end are not as extended as you can get from say the Nagaoka MP50 and the same goes f... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lewm,In addition to my details around my NOS MP-50, I would say that set up it critical. Although it will impress straight out of the box, it takes at least 200 hours before it is burned in and needs care matching with tonearm (I get amazing resul... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lewm,Please see my system page (http://cgim.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/vs.pl?vevol&1234730669&viewitem&o14) for this info'. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Downunder,You're spot on, I think Raul has been the single-most important influence on my system: much of which he made, modified and/or advised on. Our differences are small but our passions high and I suspect this is a good thing.I also agree th... |