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Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear T_bone: Thank you for the link.I think that that price is a very fair one for a cartridge like this one even if the price was 5K dls. IMHO still fair.I own the serial numbers: 4221 and 4121. My only " concern " on the cartridge at the picture... 
Continuum Caliburn - really the best TT on earth?
Dear Mike: I don't ignore nothing coming from you, as is I ask you.I'm interested too in what you and othet people post about the Caliburn and certainly not because I want to buy it ( I don't have than kind of money. ) but I want to figure ( at le... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Zhuwei1231: The shape body is similar but that is only what is similar between these Astatic cartridges. Its electrical characteristics are a little different and performs different but if you own them you can try the MF-100 stylus " body " o... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear friends: I have to " applaud " to Lewm again for his unusual high VTA discovery.In all those cartridges that I already test and posted the benefit was not a tiny one but bigger than what we can think. I just test the Astatic MF-100 and the re... 
Continuum Caliburn - really the best TT on earth?
Dear Mike: Do you already listen your Rockport over the same " environment " like the one you heard the Caliburn?.Maybe the Caliburn is the best TT's out there and I'm not questioning this but what I'm wondering is how you arrive to that Caliburn ... 
Continuum Caliburn - really the best TT on earth?
Dear breuninger: Is that a Goldbug cartridge?, that's a very nice vintage LOMC, one of the few MC's that still like me.Very nice too your whole music room, congratulations!regards and enjoy the music,Raul. 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear friends: Don't " exhaust " about I already buy that AKG sample.NO, just kidding, I already have two samples of that great AKG P-100LE.IMHO with a better quality performance over any other vintage MM/MI cartridge I try it, only the EPC-P100CMK... 
Continuum Caliburn - really the best TT on earth?
Dear halcro: Certainly a 100K+ TT has to perform different ( for the better I hope. ) " per se " but certainly too the Cobra has a weight on that performance, obviously in a lower way that the TT it self.Maybe could be interesting to test the Cali... 
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Dear Teres: I agree on that 70's electronics example.I want to argue not what happen in the 70's with electronic designs but what we have today. It is clear even today that there are audio items that could measures good but sounds awful because di... 
Continuum Caliburn - really the best TT on earth?
Dear Jimjoyce25: No, I did not but seems to me by its designs that maybe the most important " weight " in the overall Caliburn performance comes/culprit by the Cobra tonearm, who knows?regards and enjoy the music,Raul. 
Continuum Caliburn - really the best TT on earth?
Dear Thuchan: I name it only to say that there is no reason to buy one.+++++ " but what is so special regarding technological inventions? " +++++I read (m maybe I'm wrong or not read all about. ) what the manufacturer of the Caliburn has to say an... 
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Dear dertonarm: Agree, so many of us has a lot to learn on the whole subject and try to go up faster in each of us: audio learning curve.regards and enjoy the music,Raul. 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Zhuwei1231: IMHO I don't think that any one already try the Jico M20FL because the Jico stylus has conical shape instead the line contact in the NOS. Regards and enjoy the music,Raul. 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear cashcamp: Yes that is exactly what I'm hearing but like I posted that is system/ears dependent as is dependent those 6mm , do you already try 8mm or 10mm? why not?Regards and enjoy the music,Raul. 
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Dear Jj2468: +++++ " No aversion to measurements here. It's just that I tend to put more trust in our ears. " ++++++++++ " I agree that our ears and our perception are more important than a number on paper. " +++++well, yes and no: in an strict po...