Age old discussion I know but MM or MC? Benefits?

chakster
The lowest output (0.6 mv) MM cartridge is Stanton 980LSZ 

Dear chakster, Your question is, among other, ''am I rational

with this hobby?''  I asked myself the same question but because

I am much older I asked this question long before you. The

answer start with the ''old Greek''. Seneca was the first who stated

''man is a rational animal''. The Greek used an wrong analogy

to judge about people. I call this ''metal  analogy'': ''honest like

gold'', ''iron strong'', etc. So a kind of ''constant quality '' is assumed.

Consider the statement ''copper sometime conduct electricity and

sometime not''. This looks crazy but why? Consider than this

statement; ''humans sometimes  behave in accordance with laws

and sometimes not''. Nobody will consider this statement as

 ''strange''. People know from experience that this is true.

Well your ''error'' is your belief that ''humans are rational '' in

the sense of ''constant properties'' like copper which is assumed

to conduct electricity always. That is why you are questioning

your own rationality and wonder about the amount of your carts,

tonearms, TT's ,etc. The answer to Seneca and as such also to

you is like this: ''being rational is fine but not all the time''.

Our hobby is not rational because passion is a kind of opposite

to rational. I also own nearly all ''carts of the month'' despite the

fact that I hardly use MM carts. When Raul started this thread

experiments with MM carts were for free. Even better. One

could sell his cart for more than he paid for because their prices

increased when Raul recommended them.

This is of course not the case with MC kinds . Alas (grin).