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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul - if you are standing on the wrong staircase, then being on a higher step will be to no avail. There are no absolutes in audio. I do think we are guilty of making judgments on equipment without considering the design parameters of the product... | |
| Glanz moving magnet cartridges Of course you could go a buy a Vestax cartridge, a Glanz in drag produced by Mitachi. Mitachi, one of the largest manufacturers for tonearms and cartridges, . specialized for 30 years in this product area and also developed into a major supplier f... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul - beware the Carnegie 1, the suspensions are the weak point, they can sit very low. The cantilevers are from memory triple layer of carbon, beryllium & aluminium, easily retipped, Garrots did a few for us, but the cartridges are too diffi... | |
| Top 5 favorite MM cartridges currently available Halcro, yes you are probably right, but for those who use English as a second language, with English syntax being at odds with many foreign languages, our colloquialisms and liberal interpretation with the use of words can be difficult for non Eng... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul - It went into a system using a Burmester preamp that had been seriously modded with external power supplies and onboard regulation etc, unlimited loading options and run on both pivoted, Syrinx PU3, and tangential arms ET2. Although some of ... | |
| Top 5 favorite MM cartridges currently available Halcro - An inanimate object such as a MM cartridge cannot be euphoric, are you telling us they have feelings of happiness and elation, get hurt if you try a moving coil or moving iron. Do you put them in the naughty seat if they misbehave ? Do yo... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul - personal experience of Spectral MCR, purchased new, white, bright, opaque, lacked transparency. If you can imagine sitting in a dentist chair and and the anaethestic is wearing off whilst you are getting a root canal done - thats what the S... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric, with your recent tales of cartridge woe, I can recommend going north for the water of life - Aquavit. A few drams are ideal for taming the top end of a pesky moving coil. If you need something more robust, try a couple of Harvey Wallbange... | |
| What are your favorite phono cartridges? Syntax - the older Koetsu's generators were held inside the body with paper shims. The Garrotts would glue the generators in & replace the stylus with microscanner profiled diamonds. These modded Koetsu's were far quicker and more transparent ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Jbethree - I'm pleased to see that it's not just my magnetic personality. I live in the southern hemisphere, just west of the international dateline, on the shaky isles, and since I post outside of regular hours in the states, 80%+ of my posts get... | |
| Remove your bias for better sound Doug/Al - I 100% agree with Doug's comment that too much antiskate is applied in most instances. The proof is that very few cartridges have straight cantilevers after a short while. The most common mistake I've seen is people using antiskate to ad... | |
| What are your favorite phono cartridges? Lewm/Raul - if you check my standouts I dont own any of them. I do agree with Skos1 and Raul's MM opening comments - it is a matching game. For me for example Koetsu Onyx Gold vdh with Sumiko The Arm, EMT vdh with Breuer, Decca London Maroon Garro... | |
| Remove your bias for better sound Al/Doug - To me Doug's logic has a flaw.Although the stylus is being pulled inline with the cantilever, there is a resultant force on the arm itself pulling the arm toward the centre due to the cartridge offset and overhang. Now the arm also has a... | |
| What are your favorite phono cartridges? Lewm You were out of the closet yourself - 'running with the hares and hounds' on that thread. The Air Tight is designed & produced by Matsudaira-san who started My Sonic Lab and uses the same principles - generating solid output with exceptio... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lewm, You make the presumption that Americans speak English. I do hope that you dont throw an ice cold glass of lemonade over your expensive computer when the screen needs refreshing. |