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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Fascinating. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, What a revelation ! Congrats, your many years´ hard work has rewarded. Now I really understand why you haven´t testet the JVC 4MD-20X (we both bought these at same time 3 moths ago). We all know you never ignore new candidates, but after the... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hello Storyboy & Raul, The JVC 4MD-20X is mine.After 70 hours play, at 1.5 - 1.7 gr, a slightly negative VTA, 150 - 160 pF, and 47 kOhms impedance it is certainly not my cup of coffee. The sound didn´t change much from the beginning, quite sur... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric, You have a very interesting heavy suspended TT.Obviously you don´t have any issues with the suspension because you are enjoying different arms and carts.An air bearing tonearm would nicely fit it too.Maybe we will hear a report of your fa... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards Nandric, Glad to see the AT-ML180 being "higher" than the Signet in your system. Please reveal your TT/arm. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, Thanks for your detailed AT-ML180/170 info.Glad to hear they are even better than AT20´s in detail and transparency.Exotic cantilever design: gold plating adds mass but stiffens the rod which may be hollow. No, I really don´t want a differen... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards Raul & fans of the Audio-Technica AT-170ML.Please tell your opinions/experiences of it vs. ATSLa/SS.Is the original cantilever really gold plated boron ?Does a different cantilever make progression, is it worth of retipping ?Are the ge... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Gentlemen, Many thanks for your very informative guidance and taking care of my problem.The further The Tale of the Sibilant AT20SLa proceeds, the more professors appear in the scene.Let me repeat the facts:The ATN20SS never misstracked or, to say... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hello Acman, Exactly, very special with the Tomahawk wand, you and other owners know that this combination is a terrific, even "winner" performer.The AKAI RS180 looks exactly like the stylus/cantilever ass´y that was originally on my cart. Mine ha... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards Dover, Fleib & fans, Sibilance is a too much accentuated S phoneme and sounds unnatural and usually harsh. For example: Played with my other cartridges Greg Lake´s voice on an original "Pictutes at an Exhibition" live album (German Isl... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards Raul, My preamp´s lowest capacitance value is 130 pF + 20 pF / 30 pF, Tomahawk´s uninterrupted silver shielded signal path straight to phono RCAs may very well provide less than 30 pF, so the total value is between 150 pF and 160 pF I thin... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Professors, fans & those who are planning to buy a used AT20SLa/SS, My new ATN20SS´s cantilever is deviated to the left with respect to the long axis of the cart body and the fulcrum of the 64 mm long pivot is lowered for 4 mm (3.5 degrees´ ne... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lewn & Storyboy, Thanks for your comments. You are probably right: there´s something wrong with the suspension of the cantilever or/and the stylus itself. Or inside the cart. Sibilance & over brightness should had settled at lower hours I ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Professor, Thanks for showing us that other retipping/repair service in the UK, the other being the Nortwest Analogue. I have played 125 LPs (app. 83 hours) with my original beryllium/Shibata ATN20SS replacement stylus and the sound is still quite... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? My pleasure, truly in every sense ! You will not be disappointed. Of course, the very first British editions have the best sonics, but this classic will not be disappointed in other original editions on Bronze and Warner Bros. The Castle Classic r... |