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Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear friends:That Altair cartridge bring me again something that in some ways I'm worried about, I read that the playback time of the stylus is around 15,000 hours along this in my Allaerts the designer support that the stylus can run for 10,000 h... 
EAR 324 vs Einstein The Turntable Choice
Dear Shsohis: I never had and heard both phono stages in the same system at the same time but I rememebre both quality performances.The EAR is a good PS for its price and we can't ask more for it, what mean I with that?, well the EAR is not so acc... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Lewm: Yes, who cares about on a 60K audio item: he don't bought because of accuracy.Was J.Atkinson whom made the measurements.Again, yes there is noe xcuse for that $ 5.00 rubber-mat.About the audio system owners that bought$$$$ mainly becaus... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Downunder: +++++ " The Vitus, ARC, Aesthetix, Ypsilon, Boulder and Allnic do not offer capacitance loading. " +++++with some of this phono stages my take is this:some people buy expensive very expensive audio items as a status symbol more tha... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Dover: I think that maybe you can help me: as you know I bought a Dynavector Karat Nova 17D/13D? but now that I see it I can say for sure that the cantilever in my sample has not not only the 1.3mm length but neither 1.7mmm but a larger canti... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Halcro: That " missing link " is really informative and in many ways confirm not only what J.Carr shared with us about aluminum cantilevers but what Fleib posted about Gyger stylus shape on an answer to Nandric.Thank you to share with us this... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Banquo363: ++++" Due to its greatness IMHO is a must to have at least two samples of the MF-200. " ++++my meaning there is to have the original MF-200 along a MF-300 ( same cartridge motor but lower price. ) where this one can be up-graded by... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Halcro: +++++ " And if you ever do obtain one of the great MMs........remember that switching from it to a LOMC will always sound initially impressive.It's switching back the other way that the truth is revealed IMHO... " ++++agree, but I thi... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Fleib/Lespier: My Accuphase AC-2 is on the " road " to Axel so I have not on hand for the moment. This is my second sample where the first one alredy sold.I think that Lespier is right and the AC-2 comes with tubular sapphire cantilever. My c... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Dover: ++++ " ome of us are quite sensitive to high frequency ringing and compression in solid state phono stages. " +++++again, this depends on the SS electronics design. IMHO any SS good design plain and simple does not shows that " ringing... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Halcro: ++++++ " I would like to think that the choice of electronics was not the defining characteristic in extracting the worth of either cartridge technology... " +++++I can't agree more with you. Downunder is stiucky to the idea of LOMC/t... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Lespier: Maybe in some time the AC-2 came with sapphire cantilever but mine came with a non-sapphire one or at least not a " pure " sapphire ", I mean that could be a sapphire cantilever with a cover of " something " that preclude to see the ... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear banquo363: Yes, I agree with you as Dean_man and other Astatic MF-200: nothing short as a marvelous performer.+++++ " The Astatic is the first cart to play through it without distortion all the while conveying in full detail the drama of the ... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Dlaloum: Axel handle exotic materials but in rod shape. I asked him about tube cantilevers because my XL-44L came with and I wanted to have the same kind of cantilever but he told me he can't do it: no suppliers.Fleib, only to confirm that th... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Fleib: Very good information from your last post, thank's.I, mainly, started my interest in the Genesis 1000 when I read one of your posts about, then I made some search on the net and decided to buy one and " see " what happen.With your post...