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Which MM cartridge?
Dear Gopher: Agree, the MP-50 is really good:http://www.lpgear.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=LG&Product_Code=NAGAOKAMP050&Category_Code=NAGAOKACART as the Clearaudio Maestro that Triode point out but both are higher... 
Rega 700 rewire
Dear Nandric: +++++ " One needs the riwiring for the Rega 300/250 but not for the 'higher' versions. They are ok. " +++++good point. Maybe as you posted Birdmanpa can use that money elsewhere like LP's!Regards and enjoy the music,Raul. 
Turntable distance from Mini Monitors...
Dear Lgl: That " direct sound " from the monitors could or could not affect, only testing you can be sure. Problems with TT's comes from speaker bass response feedback but not always only from bass range, the volume is important too and the TT sys... 
Best cartridge for Breuer 8C tonearm
Dear Clabe: I owned the Myabi and own the Allaerts MC2 Finish gold and IMHO no one ( less the MC1. ) even the quality performance of the cartridges in the links, to beat any one of these you need to go with the Allaerts Formula One performance lev... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Halcro: The whole distortion subject is something where the AHEE ( Audio High End Establishment. ) almost never wants to argue. Why? I can't say but the subject is a critical and very important in the quality performance in any audio link and... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Lewm: ++++++ " Some would say that the very excellence of these relatively inexpensive cartridges when inserted into your top quality tonearms on your top quality turntables proves the supremacy of the arm or the turntable in determining the ... 
Best cartridge for Breuer 8C tonearm
Dear Clabe: I like the XV-1s over the PC-1 but I agree with Pcosta not good match for the Breuer.The VdH Colibri is very good and good match for that tonearm.Now, these humble MM/MI cartridges are very good too and can/could work fine with the Bre... 
Steelhead vs LP2 etc with Revel Krell and Sota
Dear Rhohense: As you point out that Denon can't show you very high quality performance you need a better cartridge, either LOMC or MM/MI, before you think in a new phonolinepreamp. IMHO the most important link in an analog system is the source an... 
Rega 700 rewire
Dear Birdmanpa: IMHO the Cardas one is reference of nothing. This cable is used because people normally does not know something better and in the other side because some tonearm rewiring sources use it but IMHO is not a good cable for this specifi... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Halcro: +++++ " that it is easy to forget (in vinyl), the first link in the chain is the cartridge, and if ever I needed to be convinced of the hierarchy in Cartridge, Arm, Turntable, Phonostage, Preamp etc, I now know that Cartridge comes fi... 
Glanz moving magnet cartridges
I forgot. If you think on that way on the " Agon norms " capacity level then: why you post here ( threads/answers. ) with people that are not at your and your friends unique level, why with " lesser " people?, this is and is not a question and nee... 
Glanz moving magnet cartridges
Dear Dgob: +++++ " I might send my spare (G5) to Raul for audition at some future point... " +++++Thank you for your kindness, appreciate.Right now I'm waiting the Top of the line Glanz in 1/2" mount design. As you know I'm against vintage cartrid... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Halcro: Reading on your Empire 1000 ZE/X post I take:++++ " How can 'it' be right and everything else be wrong?It is like an epiphany. When you hear it you simply know. There is no room for doubt. " +++++this is something that I experienced w... 
Glanz moving magnet cartridges
Dear Dgob: I agree with Lewm on the Azden performance. Maybe needs a better tonearm/headshell match, maybe the cartridge is out of specs or maybe that coloration comes from the amplifier/speaker/roo combination, who knows.+++ " should say a lot ab... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Lewm: The Stevenson against B/L needs not only a change on the overhang but on the offset angle like you point out and like you point out ( I agree ) a B/L geometry cartridge set up we can do it even if the tonearm was designed for Stevenson ...