MM or MC cartridge.....


Please explain the difference, I am new to analog. I have read that MC (moving coil) is the way to go, these are higher quality than MM (moving magnet). Any opinions? thanks...Mark
mythtrip
No, aside from the victim, Mark, who has a lot on his mind, I thought the rant was cool. I just meant that you could stand to have a bank of standard answers saved on your computer. The 'you fooled me' refers "we"'s prolific posting. All my best points come by accident, oh well.

Post angry,
Brian
TWL....."Good Show"!!!!! ...... and good move. I was going to respond also but I wondered if you were in a "bad" mood. You're point was correct and people should try to use the system. But, people make mistakes and they also want "YOU to answer THERE question".......it's important to them.
HI ALL...

That depends...!

Some "NEW" members in Analogue, prefers the MM, as is EASY to change damaged needles...
And to my "Point" TODAYS some Good MM, sounds lovely also!

Cheers...

ALEX
My 2 cents worth:-

As usual, TWL has enlightened us on the diff. between MC & MM (as he has on many other vinyl related issues).

To Mythtrip:

You can read an equivalent concise technical write-up at this website:

www.airtangent.net (scroll to the very bottom of the home page & click link to enter).
On the left side, click "LP playback". Then click "The Cartridge".

You will see that the owner/designer of the Airtangent linear arm has write-ups of many other essential LP playback issues, which are key to understand esp. if you wish to indulge in vinyl.
Audiogon needs a FAQ section for each of its major discussion forum sections. Too often I have read threads like this where frequent contributors become irritated with newbies innocently seeking answers to legitimate questions but - lacking skills in using discussion forums - they don't know how to research their questions. I would suggest that Audiogon discussion forum managers compile the best responses to FAQ's and make the discussion forum experience more enjoyable for everyone.