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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards, Ct0517: Hi, Chris. How much better is the 320? Raul was being diplomatic when he said, IIRC, "A hair", but this depends on what you're listening for and that's a whole discussion in itself. The 320 offers excellent clarity in the hfs, mid... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards, Lew(m): "why would I get rid of that rare and precision tri-radial stylus, Timeltel? Because it's so blasted difficult to align. SOME of the guys who are hearing those "clicky-hissy" sounds in the hf's & sharp transients should stop c... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul: WOW, that comment is a month old, did you really go throught all those posts just to find that? More midrange presence than the 320. As you also mentioned, it stops short of the LPM 320's neutrality. Lots of information in the mids and hf's,... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards, Dgob: I'm still maintaining the 420 is a chameleon. It seems no two descriptions are the same, other than a capability to deliver a stable soundstage and solid imaging. My example has been on four arms and three decks, it's doing best on ... | |
| Cartridge find Audio Technica AT155LC - any good? Regards, Musichead: Haven't checked recently but TurnTableNeedles did offer the ATN155LC, it's relatively expensive. An AT140LC stylus will work nicely, a nude Shibata on a tapered alu. cantilever for about half of the cost of a 155LC. Nice cart.P... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards, Nandric: Thanks for the research. After ?eighty? years, still being done by hand. In the future, when I lower the tonearm I'll think of the gal who made the stylus not as a technician but instead as a muse. And pretty, too. Peace, | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards, Raul: It's understood what you're saying; "hope that the 420 could improve to the LPM320IIISTR quality performance level but unfortunatelly it stayed a little short". If I had to choose to keep only one of the Acutex here, it would be the... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards, Raul: Again, thanks for taking the time to express yourself. I've a (LPM) 310, 312, 315, 320, 412, 415 and the 420. Each has it's own signature sound, each does what it does well, none are an immaculate performer and each has also require... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards, Raul: Concerning the 420, my initial thoughts were similar to yours. On a back-up Denon DP-60L TT, resonances were so aggresive it was difficult to listen to the cart for any extended time. Cymbols were "hisssy" and the mids somewhat muff... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Rdgards, Pryso/Nikola: Pryso, a latitudinal cross section of a conical stylus is round, an elliptical's cross section is, well, err, elliptical. Apologies for not being consistent in terminology. Nikola: I would imagine stylus shaping is done now ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards, Nandric: Apparently you'll not settle for less than a serious reply as to why differences should heard from various styli mounted in the same generator. Let's proceed from the basic conical and hopefully not argue about exceptions. A typi... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards, Nandric: Nikola, you've stumbled on something that in the cartridge industry is a closely guarded secret. It's not the stylus configuration that determines the performance, it's the color of the grip! The evidence is obvious: AT, Orto, et... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards, Raul/Henry/Lew/Fleib: Tables that feature bearing friction. Great thread and relevent to the current discussion, some of you might remember it ;). Fleib: Jean Nantais resolves a question of terminology by refering to the phenomena as "Sty... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards, Dyna10-X. By the way, a first generation 10-X still remains in my collection, a survivor. IMHO, the Acutex LPM 415STR maintains the presence and soundstage of the 420, as does the (sleeper) 412. The upper-mids are more forward so listener... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards, Lewm: Um mmm, crow ;^). There's no way I can say with certainty but do you really think J. S. would get in that beast without taking the yolk? And who could refuse him? One of my favorites, the LPM 320STR that is. I can't imagine you'd be... |