I heard from someone I trust that the Mo-Fi MM carts are excellent for the money. From personal experience, the Charisma Denon 103 would fit the bill. Does Rock very well. Perhaps it would come down to best synergy with your arm.
A new Question: Moving Magnet Cartridge To Compliment My Rock Collection
I am looking for a MM cartridge to work well with my VPI Prime Turntable with the 3D arm and to compliment my large Rock collection. Presently I have a ZU/Denon DL103 MC cartridge with a bent canteliver. I will be sending it to Soundsmith for repair and keep it as a spare. My Rogue tube preamp accepts MC and MM cartridges. I want to keep this in the 500-600 range new and cheaper if used. Recommendations and why?
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I bought a Gold Note Vasari Black from the Canadian distributor a few months ago for less than $400 and my tastes are the same as yours. It's an incredible producer for the Stones, Eagles, Neil Young (in any decade), Fleet Foxes, LZ, Cream, Mellencamp, Bread (!), and Linda Ronstadt's entire collection, too. I have Mc gear driving old school JBL 4311s and new school Audiovector QR1s . No complaints from either! See Tone Audio review page 110 from February 9 https://www.tonepublications.com/MAGPDF/TA_082.pdf |
My local "audio salon" cartridge expert dude recommended an inexpensive Sumiko Pearl a few years ago as an interim solution until I could decide which more precious cartridge I wanted to eventually try (Linn Akito arm). I had been listening to an annoyingly bright (in my system anyway) AT440 that I sold quickly, and the Pearl sounded a LOT better…years pass and I not only love the tone of the Pearl, I bought a re-tip for it. Still, an utter bargain only suffering from credibility issues due to its low cost. |
@lpplayer I found the name of the distributor, Tri-Cell Enterprises for the Gold Note Cartridge. I received email from them asking me to call tomorrow and I can order directly from them. I will be doing just that. Thank you very much for the tip. I had never heard of this company before and the price is certainly right. |
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