It would appear that I am best to research on my own. I was hoping someone out there would have advice on a good match.
Thanks. A.
Advice on best match MC Cartidges for these tonearms
Hi all,
I am re starting my vinyl life, cleaning all 700 odd albums and singles... big job!
I am asking for advice from all those with experience in matching cartridges and tonearms. I have an Ayre K3x pre-amp/phono setup.
I have the following tonearms on appropriate turntables and tonearms have matching original head shells.
Micro Seiki MA-505LS
Micro Seiki MA-505XS
Micro Seiki MAX-327
Kuzma Stogi Ref (currently with a CAR-30 boron)
I listen to a wide range of music, mostly rock, blues, electronic, alternative, classical, pop, 60's 70's 80's era, but limited jazz. I was considering the Ortofon Quintet Bronze, the looked at the Cadenza Bronze for its apparent technical superiority over the lower product lines. I like a warm mellow sound, but with high definition of the instruments. I have not heard the latest lines of cartridges available, but I do know of the much older Ortofon cartridges. I would want at least 2 cartridges that I could swap out with the arms. Any opinions would be really helpful. Cheers A.
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I have an MA-505LS, but I've mostly used it with MM cartridges to listen to classical. It should match well with a broad range of MC cartridges, though not necessarily with the heaviest & lowest compliance. I tried an SPU, but couldn't balance it without an extra weight. I'd expect the MA-505XS to be similar. |
There have been many others interested, though, and the range of cartridges seems to go from MM cartridges similar to mine to Denons and Koetsus: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/micro-seiki-ma-505-arm-how-good-is-it https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/dynavector-10-x-5-or-other-mc-in-same-price-range/post?highlight=505%2B103&postid=313848#313848 https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/quot-oldskool-quot-tonearms/post?highlight=505%2B103&postid=314042#314042 Other than the SPUs, for which you'll need an extra counterweight, you should be fine with almost anything. Given that, you would probably get more responses if you asked the same question without referencing the tonearms, though I'm sure someone would then insist on knowing your tonearm... |
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