mcmvmx

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MP150 or MP200
Grace made disco cartridges with Beryllyum cantilever and it's a huge advantage over aluminum, but for higher price! Strange that they would use beryllyium as it is a very brittle element for disco use . 
MM Cartridge
Soundsmith , Vessel Cartridges , Goldring  
MP150 or MP200
I'm pretty sure we are going overboard on the subject of new vs vintage in the context of phono cartridges . There is always a middle ground where we can all be happy .I remember my first true highend cartridge , a Supex 901+ . It was a high outpu... 
MP150 or MP200
but for some reason you think that modern MM are any better?Where did I say that ? I never said that . I said that cartridge suspensions can change over the years . Thats it  Nothing more . Plus I know MM cartridges as I have been an avid audiophi... 
MP150 or MP200
You know when someone mentioned vintage cartridges I thought of the same thing and up to where I know all cartridges must have some type of suspension as what then supports the cantilever . Case in point , the mentioned Sony cartridge , when I inv... 
MP150 or MP200
Apart from the Nagaoka for which I agree went overboard when they changed their pricing I' ve been considering Denon DL 110 , DL 301 2 , Grado Opus 3 new timbre series , Audio Technica New OCL series , Vessel cartridges Ortofon Quintet red . 
MP150 or MP200
The mass of my Project 1 expression 2 carbon fiber tonearm is around 8.6 grams which I understand is on the medium side . The specs on the compliance of the Nagaoka MP110 puts it a little on the low side for a moving magnet cartridge . After over ... 
MP150 or MP200
My system sounds ok . There is a video on youtube where they swap the stylus and it doesn"t seem to make much of a difference . Nagaoka states that in it of its cartridges the generator system is updated like better windings , purer metal and it s... 
MP150 or MP200
Project 1 expression2 with modifications and speed control . elekit tube preamp upgraded and modified using Jan 12AT7 with SS phono stage connected to Mccormack DNA125 amp  All interconnects , speaker cable and and power cable are JPS Labs superco... 
Honest question about cartridge vs. turntable performance.
You have to visualize the turntable as a system in which all of its parts working together in unisone gives you musical satisfaction . In your question if getting a given cartridge onto a better turntable will make the cartridge sound better is ye... 
Need preamp recommendation
Audible illusions modulus 3B .At the price on the used market unbeatable and it come with moving coil stage if need be . 
What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby?
Lost a pair of maggies 1.6 which my cat thiught to be giant scratching post . 
Looking to improve my system
Your walking down the street and all of a sudden you hear in a house nearby music . Inmediately you know something just by hearing the music from a distance . You know that the music playing is not recorded , you know instantly that someone is pla... 
$5k Pair Full Range Speaker Shootout - Help me pick
Proac , PSB , paradigm , Spendor . They all have great speaker models at the close to 5k , especially Proac .Remember the amount of power at hand and the efficiency of the speakers vs how you hear music , low , medium or loud levels , over 90 db . 
Bose 901 Series 1 & 2 versus KEF 104/2's and 105/3's
Everything has its place I guess .