MM or MC cartridge.....

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.

Barnyard animals!!! Man now that was funny. I really laughed at that one Tom. also the "Ward, you were a little rough on the Beaver last night!" that was really clever as well Fatparrot, because Tom did sound a little like Ward.

like Tom says low output mc's RULE!!!

The Audio Technica atc oc9 or the Dennon 103
can be had for $300 and less brand new,so price is not an issue.