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Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Vladimir: Yes the Soundsmith MI is a good option but if you read over this thread you can find other great alternatives that you can enjoy at least at the same levl than the SS ones and maybe with some other cartridges in best way.regards and... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Kristian85: Thanks to bring it here.The cartridge degradation due to many years on " stock " and especially the cartridge suspension is a inetersting subject and not ( mainly ) because the vintage NOS/second hand cartridges comes with suspens... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Jasper: From the same Robert's seller in Germany?Regards and enjoy the music,Raul. 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Downunder: For years you, some way or the other, do not like what normally I posted/post and don't like my answers to you.When your arguments are exhausted/finishised then your attitude is ( like your last post to me. ) to attack personally.I... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Robert: Be sure that the tonearm wires ( color ) makes good connection to the cartridge pin connectors and that are right wired: red to red, blue to blue, etc. etc.regards and enjoy the music,Raul. 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Downunder: Please read what Hickory posted in this thread:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1259375932 +++++ The biggest differentiation was only a modest level of retreiving detail for the Nagaoka ..." ++++this is exactly wha... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Kristian85: One trouble with a long thread is that the " new " people can't read it all.I posted the same link you bring here about load impedance ( thank you to bring it again. )/capacitance and his importance.What we read through the link i... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Downunder: +++++ " - our systems are colored and biased towards MC distortions ... " +++++this is a fact because all of us for the last ten years only heard MC cartridges: our electronics, analog rig, cables, speaker set up, room treatment we... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Dgarretson: I never try over 100K but ( I can't remember whom. ) one person posted here that he was achieving great performance at 250K!I agree with you, with this continuosly variable loading the performance gap between cartridges can be nar... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Pryso: I ask to his right hand worker.No it is not a stretch because I'm only refereing to a cartridge reference not source reference.Regards and enjoy the music,raul. 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Phaser/Downunder: Kristian bring here again that interesting link, please read it.In the other side: do you know that Dr. Van denHul use the Technics EPC100CMK4 as his personal cartridge reference/standard?Regards and enjoy the music,Raul. 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear friends: Yes the cantilever build material in any cartridge design is one of the critical choices for the designer.Different cantilever build materials has different " signature " sound and not only because are different materials and differe... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Kristian: Yes some other contributor in this thread already posted, thank you for do it your self.I hope that you can enjoy your M20FL in the same manner many of us are enjoying it.Regards and enjoy the music,Raul. 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Phaser: Not exactly, maybe I don't explain in the right way. I will try it again:Downunder states for the second time that SS goes better with MM/MI cartridges and LOMC ones with tubes but not with SS because are more " revealing " and the SS... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Downunder: ++++ " I would say that the total SS amplification chain you, Raul and others use may make the MM's sound better in your systems vc MC's which may be a bit too revealing. " +++++this is at least the second time that you post in sim...