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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Don, There's PGT II now. Not sure how much different it is from the orig. It looks like AT might have done away with the gold dust on the boron cantilevers. You can see the specs and purchase on line at places like joynetmall.com They also have th... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Griffithds, Just listed wrong.Audio-Technica AT33EV Cartridge Specifications - Type: MC type - Frequency range: 15Hz-50kHz - Output voltage @ 1kHz,3.54cm/sec: 0.3mV - Channel separation @ 1kHz: 30dB - Output balance @ 1kHz: 0.5dB - Stylus press... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Don, Consider yourself lucky with the 15/20 series and the old Signets with the round plug. At least there are some decent beryllium styli available. I was trying to transplant for the CA (3400) series and there's nothing really good. It's eith... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi David, I see the 7SU and the 20SLa share the same generator. I might be mistaken, but at one time I thought you had an AT comparison sheet for the 15/20 series. I believe the SS has 450 ohms? Maybe that's inductance and they are the same. Yes i... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Griffithds, Wise move to hold off on transplants with a beryllium cantilever. They are every bit as tricky as Timeltel described, and then some. Guys like Soundsmith have special tools, clamps, and things like micro-comparators to make it much ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Raul, Elmore James was one of the strongest guitar players/singers ever. Jimmy Hendrix was greatly influenced and named himself after James when he first started out (Maurice James, Jimmy James). He also wrote the tune Dust My Broom. Most of hi... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Griffithds, The 20SS, SLa are beryllium. For quite awhile AT put gold coating on both beryllium and boron. I think they just recently stopped with the OC9III. I'm not sure what the reason was for the coating, maybe durability. Both those materi... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Pryso, Cantilever material isn't something to worry about. It's something to learn about and use, just like you might use different armboard materials, only perhaps more important. It doesn't bother me if someone wants to play only sound effect... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric, **The cantilever of those Acutex carts is madefrom titanium/boron 'alloy' and I am puzzled why aluminumcantilever should be better?** Really, titanium/boron? That's quite unusual and is probably responsible for the voicing (discrepancies?... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Nandric, I haven't been paying close attention to the Acutex posts, but if the styli on your 412 and 420 are interchangeable, they probably share the same generator. If you can swap styli and if the output seems the same with either stylus, I t... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Raul, **Of course this is absolutely subjective and of course that depends of the recording selections where things can goes the other way around.**Many of us music lovers really don't understand the contributions of an individual musician. Our... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lew, I totally agree about Dexter Gordon. He had the most seductive, lush sound; it's simply amazing. One of my faves is an old Blue Note, One Flight Up. You guys in Europe probably have access to Steeplechase LPs. We got many of them on Inner Cit... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Nandric, The Acutex isn't a challenge for me. I don't own one. However, it might be useful for you to identify the difference (if any) in the generators. It would make it easier to sort out which stylus/cantilever voicing works best with which ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Signet aficionados, I must admit that I get the models/series mixed up. The earlier ones, TK-5, 7, took an AT-15/20 stylus and the later ones took a 120/440 series?IMO the ML tip needs a boron or better yet, beryllium cantilever for control a... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Aceman, Yes, exactly. 50 years later it doesn't seem like it was tone that was so revolutionary, more like what he was playing, how he put notes together. I've read that Charlie Parker sacrificed tone for speed. That seems almost inconsequentia... |