Garrott vs Soundsmith

Easy, Grado

Dear chakster, I first thought that this story was written by Reto
Andreoli, the third (youngest) brother. At the age of 15 and
speaking only German he went to Australia with the intention to learn
the art from the masters. He was accepted and learned the trade
very fast. He was as passionate cartridges lover as you are .
After their tragic dead he returned to Switzerland and started his
own ’’one man’ company. He become known with his exclusive
cartridges among which the Magic Dimond.

@nandric

Oh, thanks for letting me know, as always it is hard to find even a website of his company in the digital world :) He’s living in analog worlds without a website or even a page in social media (as i can read in the press) and making cartridges (no OEM parts anymore, wow). I’ve heard about Magic Diamond cartridges from you here on audiogon.

As i can see his full name is Reto Luigi Andreoli and he’s the guy behind MicroMagic/Bluelectric (Switzerland).

Luckily i can read Russian , here is an interview with Mr. Andreoli .
Not surprised to read why he prefer MM over MC when he’s talking about Shake Streamliner cartridge.


Very interesting read, here is more in russian about him and his cartridges, more technical details about cartridge design preferences, about the weakness of OEM parts etc. Some information he shared only with his official Russian distributor by private emails.
We have very strong audiophile scene here, thanks to those guys for publishing.

I hope those of you who can’t read Russian could use google translate for both articles.
I enjoyed reading those articles, bravo Mr. Andreoli !

Dear chakster, Reto may be ''modest'' according to his Russian
importer but his prices are certainly not. His cheapest MC was
Virus than Magic Diamond and Silver Spirit. Magic Dimond was
+/-$6000 and Silver Spirit  about $ 12 K. I see for the first time
in your Russian ''literature'' that he produced an MM cart. Nearly
$10000  for this 'Shake Streamer'' . ''Shocking Shake''  so to speak.
There are successors for Virus, Magic and Spirit for about twice 
their previous prices. But we are used to this ''phenomenon''. 
I am curious what our Dover can tell us. He is better equip  than
us for technical issues.

I see for the first time
in your Russian ''literature'' that he produced an MM cart. Nearly
$10000 for this 'Shake Streamer'' . ''Shocking Shake'' so to speak.

This is probably because of the Garrott Brothers background. 

I highly recommend to the OP to buy Garrott P77i for $450  

I thought that Excel from Japan makes motor for current Garrot brothers cartridge. Maybe my memories are wrong as I have very minor background in MM.
I mean that Excel even sells something like this branded as Vessel
https://www.lpgear.com/category/THEVESSELC.html?CatListingOffset=0&Offset=0&Per_Page=12&Sort_By=disp_order

Chakster, I liked the stories behind MicroMagic/Bluelectric (I still can read Russian) - but at the very end it’s bionic Denon DL103 with super advanced diamond which is far more better than VDH or Replicant 100.