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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Rizl, Re Martin Colloms. Altho he is/was one of the most highly respected of British audio reviewers, was he not at one point associated with a mini-scandal where he was said to have been unduly "influenced" by certain manufacturers or his editor ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Axel, You might consider buying some shielding so you can audition the MP50 without interference. Michael Percy sells some stuff made by Texas Instruments (TI Shield) that should work fine. The TI shield blocks both RFI and EMI. Of course there ar... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Ray, I agree. I always read and heard great things about the Talisman and Virtuosos cartridges. I think that the ones I happened to buy and use, the Blue Point Special and the Glider in particular, were possibly not good examples of the type. The ... | |
| NOS cartridges Ray, Obviously, it's a case by case phenomenon and past history of storage conditions must be an important determinant of cartridge longevity, but there is enough collective experience on this thread alone to put the kibosh on your thesis that car... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Pryso just condensed down all my more long-winded posts. I agree completely. One of the dichotomies of the internet is that it can be used as a tool to broaden our horizons or to fortify our prejudices. Lets choose the former. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Ray, If you read thru this thread, you will see that Raul has been "challenged" over and over again by me and by many others as well. In some cases he has conceded points; in many other cases, not. But he has always been gracious and kind, even wh... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Downunder and Rayr2, Who put the burr under your saddles? If you are disgusted with this thread, just go away. Raul inspired the rest of us to experience some new and fresh sounds from old vinyl with MM and MI cartridges, and for that I, for one, ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Robert (Gaugin). I had another thought which almost got me up at 1:30 AM to post this, but I waited til morning. You don't specify which Lyra cartridge you own, but if it is an MC cartridge, your phono stage may be set up with a low load resistanc... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Also, Robert, you remark that your other cartridge sounds fine in the same tonearm and with the same phono stage. Is this correct? If so, check to see whether somehow the stylus assembly in the Ortofon was jarred loose in shipping. If that's not t... | |
| Upgrade from TW Acustic Raven AC-3 to what? Dear Dertonearm, Sorry to see you go. We could discuss it privately. I allowed all along that my reasoning could be faulty, but I have yet to hear the science-based counter-argument from you for your thesis that higher mass of the slate would resu... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Siniy123 and Axel, You guys have opened another whole can of worms - the effect of cantilever construction on sonics. Downunder (or Phaser?) and several others here and elsewhere seem quite taken with the new Ortofon MC A90. Even Raul mentioned th... | |
| Upgrade from TW Acustic Raven AC-3 to what? Thuchan, you are so right. In the end all of us, except for Dertonearm who was in the business of turntable R&D, have opinions based on very narrow experience. That's possibly why it is of interest to consider the physical principles involved ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Siniy123, What is the "signature" of the alloy cantilever? Can you put it into words for me? I don't even know what metal or metals are used in the cantilver; a search for the information on Google turns up nothing. Apparently Ortofon stopped maki... | |
| Upgrade from TW Acustic Raven AC-3 to what? Dertonearm, I am thoroughly enjoying this discussion, and I do thank you for your patience with my recalcitrance. I feel like this is a Socratic search for truth, not an argument. So.... you wrote, "The larger the difference in mass between two si... | |
| Upgrade from TW Acustic Raven AC-3 to what? Dertonearm, The billiard experiment you cite is an interesting analogy. It seems to me that when the billiard ball encounters the billiard table, it is first of all sitting on the felt cover. The outcome of the experiment would seem to depend on h... |