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| You've run some pretty fancy MC's, but the _______ MM cartridge really impressed me Thanks, Atma, but I did mention somewhere that RIAA has that shelf between 500 and 2KHz. Which would not be properly compensated by an unadulterated ceramic. Seems some of them had compensating networks built in, or not. | |
| You've run some pretty fancy MC's, but the _______ MM cartridge really impressed me Just to avoid confusion for anyone wanting to track down one of the great B&O cartridges (they're not all great necessarily), bill K is correct, "MMC20CL". I was incorrect, "MM20CL" is wrong. The "MMC" part stands for "Moving Micro Cross", n... | |
| You've run some pretty fancy MC's, but the _______ MM cartridge really impressed me MMC1 or MM20CL. I destroyed the OEM cantilever on my MMC1 because of the stupid built in stylus guard. Had it replaced by SS but their sapphire cantilever is solid as opposed to a hollow tube in the original and looks less delicate. I haven’t audi... | |
| You've run some pretty fancy MC's, but the _______ MM cartridge really impressed me Back to the Philips. It seems odd to first add a filter apparently built into the cartridge to make its voltage output vs frequency curve mimic that of a traditional magnetic cartridge and then connect its output to a conventional RIAA phono stag... | |
| You've run some pretty fancy MC's, but the _______ MM cartridge really impressed me Raul, For what it’s worth I have an NOS Stanton 881S mk2, as well as an NOS Stanton 981LZS, and a used sample of 981LZS, as well. All thanks to you and your MM thread. Else I might never have appreciated the great now vintage MM and MI cartridges. | |
| You've run some pretty fancy MC's, but the _______ MM cartridge really impressed me Pindac, thanks for posting that YouTube video. Music is wonderful but has little to no bass content, so difficult to judge the overall cartridge performance. I take your word that it’s good. I was hoping there’d be some explanation of the preampli... | |
| You've run some pretty fancy MC's, but the _______ MM cartridge really impressed me To be fair to Grado, it’s usually not the cartridge per se that hums, it’s either the TT grounding scheme, as in the case with a Rega TT, or it’s EMI radiated from the motor, if it comes too close to the cartridge. There are remedies in both cases. | |
| Best value in a vintage Luxman TT If that PD444 is in good working condition, it was a steal at that price. Typical asking prices are at least 3X higher and more. | |
| Best value in a vintage Luxman TT Elliot nailed it. The PD444 is definitely the best of all vintage Luxman TTs. If you only want to mount one tonearm, there is the PD441 with all the other features of the 444. | |
| VPI JMW 9 wire problem What cartridge? If it's anything but a very low output MC with a very low internal resistance (e.g., less than 10 ohms), I would not worry about damaging the cartridge with your meter. Even then, the danger is minimal if you keep the measurement... | |
| You've run some pretty fancy MC's, but the _______ MM cartridge really impressed me Pindac, I think the idea of a ceramic cartridge in this day and age is more akin to a screwball than to a curve ball, in baseball parlance. This is not to say it's crazy (one definition of screwball) but that it is more esoteric than a curve ball. | |
| You've run some pretty fancy MC's, but the _______ MM cartridge really impressed me Nagaoka are superb by reputation. (I’ve not heard one.) Their TOTL MP500 can be had at the low end of your price range. Personally, I have been consistently underwhelmed by Sumiko, and Clearaudio cartridges are typically made for them by someone ... | |
| You've run some pretty fancy MC's, but the _______ MM cartridge really impressed me Grace Ruby. Also other more rare Grace MM cartridges, with advanced styli; I forget the nomenclature. Also vintage Acutex (MI) and B&O MMC1 and MM20CL (both also MI). These will blow away many mid priced MCs and all HOMCs I have ever heard ( i... | |
| You've run some pretty fancy MC's, but the _______ MM cartridge really impressed me Grado are moving iron, not MM. | |
| Vinyl static ionizers who's used them? Yes, it makes sense until actual data reveal it is not happening. Which we have first from Shure Corporation who wrote a paper on the mechanism of static charge on LPs where they reported their own experiments that showed no evidence to support t... |