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Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Nandric: As I told you one of the " best chased " cartridge, hard to find out.I own that AT, recomemded even that that one has no stylus. If you win the auction then you will need a source for diamond cantilever/stylus because that kind of ca... 
How do you tame a Denon DL-S1?
Dear Rsimms: The DLS1 is very good performer but to shows at its best it needs and active high gain phonolinepreamp. Tube electronics usually has not enough gain with low noise and SUT's ( including the Denon one. ) along additional ICs only degra... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Nandric: Maybe a excuse, I have to say a good excuse. The Karat Nova 13D is not a legendary cartridge but the most " chased " cartridge out there.I have no idea/can't imagine its quality level performance but I trust is people like Dover/J.C ... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear friends: Last week I was tempted by an ebay auction showed for my surprise ( first time I saw this cartridge on the net. ) a Dynavector Karat Nova 13D ( LOMC. ), as a fact the seller even does not knew the cartridge model but my " eyes " go o... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Lewm: Seems to me a fair price.R. 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Banquo363: Yes, with some cartridges like the Acutexs and Empires it is a little riscky to take off the stylus guar but the rewards are worth to do it with extremely care.With care any one can do it and like you say " even Nandric can ".If we... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear L/N/T: All over this thread shows us that we all did not take to much time speaking on the Stanton/Pickering cartridges and this is a little weird because both are top designs and a lot of people own these cartridges including some of us.I ne... 
Multiple arms, multiple cartridges and geometry?
Dear Halcro: I think that I don't explain to good or that you did not understand what I posted, here again:first I don't know why you want differnt geometry alignment for each tonearm ( Baerwald, Stevenson, L¨fgren or what ever. ).If you need full... 
Multiple arms, multiple cartridges and geometry?
Dear Halcro: To do that, fully interchangeable, you need that those tonearms share same effective length and if not then you need to " force " all tonearms on the choosed efective length.Remember that's the effective length where those tonearm geo... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Lewm: Yes, was terrible. 7.8° on Ritcher scaleFor a lot lower earthquake Ritcher level many cities collapsed in other countries. When the bridge in Oakland collapsed that earthquake was lower than 7°. The kind of Ritcher level movement we jus... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Griffithds: If that was shipped on the envelope why did not made it any claim to the freight company. The envelope are handle not only with more caution but I understand separate of the normal freight.Regards and enjoy the music,R. 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Nandric: I agree with you in that is not always an easy task. Years ago ( maybe 30 years. ) I remember I glued the stylus assembly of my ADC Astrion and for whatever reason the glue migrated inside the stylus assembly and ruined. Yes, I was n... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear friends: The Vetterone's advise is not only very good but a necessity with almost all MM/MI cartridges in favor of better quality performance cartridge level.That critical subject already was discussed three-four times through this thread and... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Lewm: +++++ " After all, Raul's system and mine are pretty much as far apart in concept as two "high end" systems can get. " +++++you always support that kind of statement to validate that " caution ".Till today and even that I posted several... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Nandric: Yes, that's what my post means.After Acman3 brought to the thread his experiences with the Astatic MF-200 and MF-300 I was curios ( as always. ) to confirm his findings and what a great " surprise " because my MF-200 is a fabolous pe...