travbrow
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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? My Acutex 420 is a little on the warm side compared to some of my other supposedly better models. It wasn't hard for me to align using my MintLp protractor. I can listen and enjoy music with the 420 just as easy as I can with my Raul approved top... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Anyone else try the 420 on a tonearm such as the Mayware Formula IV? I've read that this combination works great. I am using mine with Technics EPA 100MKII with good results. 1.6g tracking force. I will try it with my ultralight 501E armwand and T... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Changes I did so far to the Supex 100MKIII set up that helped. Positive VTA vs level that I started with, tracking at 1.35g for now, replaced cheap poor quality headshell wires with better quality ones and removed stylus guard. It has plenty of "W... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Raul, more time spent with the Supex 100MKIII and I like it very much. Mine has a Red stylus with SMM/100E marked on the front. The Nagatron highs did not improve with more hours so you are right that the Nagatron with the cheap stylus has too ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? It is good to know that a cartridge that some may think is the "king of kings" is easily available. The Clearaudio Virtuoso Wood is $950.00 from Audio Advisor. I wonder if it is available cheaper from another source? I thought of trying the Maestr... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Griffithds, I would never sell the Technics. It is my favorite model and a true reference quality cartridge IMO. And since it can be rebuilt and retiped when needed, it wouldn't make sense for me to sell it. I was just joking about selling it, ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Maybe the prices of vintage cartridges will drop now since this current made Clearaudio is the new Raul endorsed "best" cartridge? I didn't trust buying the Clearaudio a couple years ago thinking it was just another overpriced cartridge made today... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Raul, thanks for sharing your Supex experience. The Supex sounded cleaner than my Nagatron, but the midrange was too bright and forward and overall sounded "boring" . I will give it more time and try to get it set up better, you say it competes... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi T bone, I am enjoying the EPA 100MKII tonearm very much. Even with the stock cable and wiring I like it better than my rewired EPA 500. Both these tonearms are very user friendly and great designs. Since the tonearm is new to me I am not sure h... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Raul, my sample sounds better with increased VTF to 1.75, and I heard mis tracking on a couple LPs when using 1.25 but I also changed the damping when I changed the VTF. So here is an example, just because the cartridge tracked the test lp trac... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I needed very little antiskate to get the Nagatron cartridge to pass those test tracks, only set to the first line (.5) on my Technics EPA 100MKII tonearm anti-skating scale. My MM cartridges track well with the recommended amount of anti-skating ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Now I am not sure what my samples are, both my Nagatron samples have a light blue mark on the cantilever, not green or white. The fellow who thinks his sample has a conical tip also has a blue marked sample. Anyway, the higher tracking force I tri... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Thanks Timeltel, your post explains things very well. The Signet was very detailed, clean and accurate. But never made me want to play records for six hours at a time, like this Nagatron did. I wrote before in this thread that I thought the Signet... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I got eight hours on my Nagatron 9600 with elliptical stylus, it is a pleasure to listen to. Raul says an AT 24 is better, but my Signet Tk9/AT25 was not better to my ears. Could be I never had the Signet optimized or I just like a cartridge that ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Raul, I got the Supex 100 MKIII and will give it a try soon. Thanks for recommending the Nagatron 9600, looking forward to listening to it. And once again thanks so much for starting this thread. |