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Greetings ladies & gentlemen...you too Nandric :)

Joking aside, hope all are well.

Had an hour to kill so I just re-read all nine pages of this thread.

Kinda fun. The "distortions" responses were tedious but otherwise fun.

While some of my preferences have changed over the life of this thread, most remain. The biggest change for me is a switch from all tubes to all SS. Never thought that would happen.

I remain solidly in the LOMC camp but the MFG 61 and a handfull of other vintage carts still have my highest respect. Vintage tonearms as well. Have to shake my head sometimes after hearing how different one cartridge can sound from another, yet still enjoy the music.

I see dgob enjoys the Acutex 420STR. I've been a big fan for over a decade. After hearing one properly run-in, I bought 23 more of them. That was 11-12 years ago. That's how much I think of them. Outstanding performer, especially for the money. It takes a LONG time for the 420 to open up so if you find one, don't give up on it. It'll reward you.

To improve the 420 further, I glue the stylus housing to the body. I use a small amount of cyanoacrylate glue(super glue). This makes a significant improvment. All long nose Acutex carts can benefit. I also remove the stylus guard. YMMV

xactaudio, Am I assumed to be indeterminate qua gender?

I am named next to ladies and gentlemans.

May I refert to my native ''socialistic country''. According to

our secrtary of culture there no homosesuals in our socialistic

country, But if they are they are  in such small numbers that

is not worth to talk about. .

I remain solidly in the LOMC camp but the MFG 61 and a handfull of other vintage carts still have my highest respect.

@xactaudio Mr. Dobbins, is that you ? I did not use my MF-61 for a long time, but 5-7 years ago it was my favorite cartridge, I bought ZYX LIVE-18 headshell for it and this combo is in my vaults ever since. Extremely rare model! It's a keeper. 

Hi chakster (11.12.2021 @ 9:31pm),

The Highphonics was actually recommended to me by Jonathan Carr, who described it as the most beautiful cartridge he knew at the time. It does however need a powerful phono preamp to drive its 0.129 mV output.

Jonathan would probably be the best bet for more detail. However, there are suggestions here: J Carr is the man to give information on this question. - bkearns - Vinyl Asylum (audioasylum.com).

As always...

Hi xactaudio,

Yes, of all the high end cartridges that I ever sent to Axel Schurholz, the only one whose performance that he enthusiastically described as "perfect" was the Acutex 420 STR with a nude shibata tip and boron cantilever. I agree with his (and your assessments). A marvellous cartridge in every way.