Cartridge Recommendations

Dear Raul,

you are a MM afficinado and I am a MC afficinado. As simple as that.
Nothing wrong about it and we both will enjoy.
On MMs the opinions vary too as you have seen on the MM thread and among my 10 MMs (you have much more I guess) there are some (!) other audio friends assessing my units as their favourites. It is just a matter of taste.

best & fun only - Thuchan

Dear Thuchan: Not really, I'm an audio analog and digital source afficionado that learned to enjoy what the " market " has to offer with performance levels of excellence.

Btw, ++++ " other audio friends assessing my units as their favourites. " +++++

because IMHO they not own yet the other higher performance cartridges that some ( as me ) already owns. It is not a matter of taste IMHO it is a matter of be aware what really does means " levels of excellence " where those distortions that you and your friends like it has no room. Why always want you to put everything in audio on the subjective approach?, I know that you as many of us are a " result "/created through the AHEE ( on audio through the years. ) and this fact is a very limited one and a very convenient too because that: " It's wrong but I like it " is the norm of AHEE mediocrity.

I fro my self am trying to be away on that precise regard.

Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.

Thanks again. Lots of food for thought. My propensity to get a new cartridge will depend on how long it takes for my IO-m to return.

Thuchan - I do use the Kondo SUT with it and have been generally very happy. The preamp used to be a Shindo, now it will be something new.

Raul - interesting, and economic idea, I will consider.

Larryi - as above, using the Kondo SUT, will now likely be with a Nagra VPS. There was nothing about the Kondo that bothered me, only that it needed service (taking it away from me). I wired my DaVinci with Kondo cable as well.

Glai - thanks.

All - many thanks, all great input. I will see what the ETA is for the IO-m before spending more dollars.

Cheers