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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dave, I think the latest fracas is about how one selects one's components downstream from the phono cartridge, be it MM or MC or ceramic, even. As you know, I keep some good MC cartridges around as a reference. But even so, I am far from drawing a... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Raul,Since it is OK for you to rather harshly dismiss Thuchan's phono stage, and indeed his entire downstream amplification chain, and since it was OK for you to categorically dismiss vacuum tubes as a way to amplify music, I hope you will ta... | |
| SME 20/3 or Oracle Delphi VI or Garrard 301 Congrats, Maudidj. Making a decision with all the choices available and very little data is difficult. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Fleib, Empirically, I would recommend against the ERS cloth and in favor of the TI Shield. For one thing, ERS cloth can be kind of lumpy; the platter sheet might not sit perfectly level on it. For another, the ERS cloth would tend to decouple... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? No. I've got a full-up L07D cum L07J tonearm that I like very much, not just the tonearm. I found that the table itself sounded much better after I installed an EMI/RFI shield under the platter mat (termed a "platter sheet" by Kenwood). I used TI ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Fleib, I assume then that you own a 980LZS. Yes? I am listening to mine in the L07J tonearm which is the installed tonearm on the Kenwood L07D turntable. It does sound a bit reticent in the highs, but I cannot tell whether that might be due t... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? And where are Kierkegaard and Sartre in all this? Those are my guys. | |
| SME 20/3 or Oracle Delphi VI or Garrard 301 Guys, FYI there are 3 or 4 turntables on this crazy market that sell for a bit under to way over $100K. (I think the Clearaudio behemoth sells for $250K.) That's why I grabbed that figure out of the air. Yes, I agree that those prices are absurd. | |
| SME 20/3 or Oracle Delphi VI or Garrard 301 Dear Inna, Keep your shirt on. What I said was with regard to quality of construction. Period. I do not now, nor have I ever said it was "the best" turntable in existence for under $100K. I have not even had mine long enough to form an opinion, ex... | |
| SME 20/3 or Oracle Delphi VI or Garrard 301 I have not the foggiest idea for what Albert charges if you buy from him a restored Mk3 in a custom plinth. Probably "a lot". But there is more than one way to arrive at your desired endpoint, if that is what you desire. (Meaning you can watch eBa... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric, Hegel might think so. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear T, I bought the 980LZS (not 981; that was a mistype) from eBay in what appeared to be well-used condition. I therefore concluded before listening to it that the stylus must be worn or near to worn out. Right then, I could have bought an NOS D... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Re Halcro's article, last fall I picked up an NOS Stanton 881S MkII, locally. I guess that's another one I need to put on my "must listen to" list. But I doubt it's any better than the 981LZS, which has a permanent spot in my heart. Timeltel, have... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Timeltel, I must confess I am a troglodyte in these matters. When I am enjoying a cartridge I tend to keep listening to it. So, yes, I have not yet tried the 315 or the MMC1 or etc. I do not much care for the pursuit of perfection in lieu of ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Raul, I agree with you on stylus shape, except for one shape, spherical. Nearly every report or review I have ever read on cartridges with spherical styli suggests that spherical styli can do great midrange but not so great bass or treble. Th... |