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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Halcro, Not to butt into your conversation with Royj, but there is very nice P mount adaptor for sale every day on eBay, for about $12. I've got one and it is of very decent quality in terms of the connectors. I think the make is "Pfanstiel" ... | |
| thoughts on the Madrigal Carnegie One Frogman and I are in complete agreement. It also comes to mind that there are a number of other cartridges in the under $500 category that I would prefer over the BP, including any single one of the best vintage NOS MM/MI cartridges that have been... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Tim (Pryso), Thank you for calling that to my attention; I had not previously noticed that you provided a link. Based on the page you referenced, my headshell is either a PCL4 (Alu) or a PCL7 (Mg) in terms of shape. (It has that characteristic cri... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, I have to disagree with you on the weight of the PCL5, at least the PCL5 that came on my own DA307 tonearm, (Maybe that is not the PCL5? I would not know, but it IS the correct original Denon headshell for the DA307.) I weighed mine in at ab... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I just mounted the Azden in my Denon PCL5 headshell, which does not particularly impress me as to structural ridigity. However, it weighs only 8.5 gms, which might make it a good mate for high compliance cartridges like the Azden must be. I also d... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Royj, I use a Turntable Basics protractor, which uses 2-point alignment. And as you suggest, with my Dynavector (Japanese-made) tonearm, the cartridges end up twisted in the headshell a bit to the inside. This is because the Dynavector is designed... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Royj, I don't doubt your word for a second, and you are not the first to claim the superiority of an arc protractor over a 2-point one, but I cannot for the life of me understand why this should be. After all, if the cartridge is rigidly inst... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Headshell science: Upon close examination of the Belldream, Denon PCL5, and a Yamaha headshell that was given to me by a friend, I see that there are even more mechanical contacts than I had imagined. So for Pmount cartridges that need an adapter,... | |
| thoughts on the Madrigal Carnegie One Just to confuse you, the Blue Point is the most disappointing of any cartridge I ever owned, in terms of its actual performance vs its reputation at the time I bought it, which was that it was a "giant killer". OTOH, the Madrigal still has an avid... | |
| Are linear tracking arms better than pivoted arms? What is the effective mass of the Thales? Seems as if it would be very high. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, This is a bit off-topic but what I don't like about the DA307 design is that it has a decoupling joint in the arm wand between the cartridge and the pivot point. This presents two theoretical problems: (1) vibrational energy from the cartrid... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Thanks Dgob and Raul,, I happen to own a Denon DA307 tonearm that came with my DP80 as a complete "record player". I don't use the DA307 (don't like it as a tonearm), but I think it has the PCL5 headshell. I guess I can put that into service on my... | |
| Does my phono stage have sufficient gain? It sounds like you might get by with using the 24:1 tap, which would give the ZYX a more favorable (i.e., higher) input impedance. Failing that you can replace the load resistance on the SUT secondary (the 47K resistor in parallel with phono input... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Raul, Lately I have been giving a lot of thought to headshells. I know you like the Belldream, and I bought one from 2juki. But the Belldream weighs about the same as the stock Dynavector headshell that comes with my tonearm (~11 gm). I am thin... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? There probably ought to be a "Who needs mono cartridges when we have stereo" thread. Raul, would you care to start it? I don't know whether you ever saw the movie "Treasure of the Sierra Madre", which takes place in Mexico, but your thread could b... |