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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dave, A clumsy video of an old SHURE VN5MR (Micro-Ridge on beryllium). 2MP quality, sorry can´t make it better Hope this helps.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsDa85nnhbMIs your PRECEPT really better than your ACUTEX M320 ? | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Nandric, You have "met" Vic the Magician quite recently and done cart business, great. I know some of his adventures in seeking the ultimate cart for his arm. At the time he had just sold the uber expensive Decca Reference in order to test vari... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hello Nandric, Obviously the AT-180ML/OCC is the very best cart you have right now. So I´m glad you love your AT-180 and never leave, and that is the most important thing. I highly appreciate your honesty as I try to be as honest I can and I usual... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards Nandric & Raul, Great news from the vintage AT 180 ML/OCC confirming its superb quality. This announcement I have waiting for a very long time ! Not surprised, according to the specs and the sophisticated techniques used it must have b... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear friends, Last night I listened my 41 years old c-cassette "Demons and Wizards" by Uriah Heep (Island Tapes ZCDI 9193, UK 1972) with my Nakamichi RX-505 deck. The power of that performance was quite frightening even for an analogue recording, ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Professor Timeltel, Is the digital still 20-20000 Hz (24 bits & 192 kHz sampling frequence), after 3 decades ?Please enlighten us by your scientific knowledge.We need your wisdom more than ever now ! | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hello Nandric, Thanks for advice: I will send the Improved to the capable hands of Axel the Retipper in near future.The performance is fabulous even with 1 mm off-axis cantilever. Of course this causes distortions in the highest peaks (in hyper tr... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Acman, Congrats for the ULTRA 300 stylus, I was guessing were you looking at it !Oh, there were 2 vintage SHURE ULTRA 500 carts on eBay just recently: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290885661249?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2648 an... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hello Acman, Are you saying that the AT150ANV works better on the Reso-Mat but SHURE 140HE works better without it (on the AS platter) ?The ACUTEX M320 STRIII Improved I won has the most common fault in used/vintage (decades old) carts: off-axis c... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Miracles do happen: my post from the other side of the globe showed up in a minute. Thank you, moderator ! | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Raul, Congrats for your mighty JVC. No wonder it´s a winner: is is also known as Victor, victory. I also have a "victory" audio product, Victor´s famous tone-arm. Words do have meaning. Cheers.As always, thank you | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Wikipedia knows nothing about Poul Ladegaard ! What a shame !Well, nothing new really. This is not the first time when world ignores its true pioneers and intellectuals... and certainly not the last.If I had better writing skills I would write a p... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Raul, You change the resonance frequency of the mat/vinyl/cart combination to achieve better sound to please your taste, correct me if I´m wrong.I think differently: I do not want to change anything in frequency response & dynamic respons... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? If the winner of that eBay´s JVC X-1 is an Agoner please tell us its performance quality ? Raul, Your wooden clamp improves sound with your mat with the same material but is too light to flatten concave records. My ORACLE clamp does not improve so... | |
| Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list Baka, "Meddle" by Pink Floyd: totally agree, my reference/test album ! |