How could a lowly vintage Shure MM with a crudely shaped stylus profile and a low compliance bulky cantilever made by JICO possibly compete in sonics?If the suspension is OK and its tracking correctly, then it will. Being a high output cartridge, one would have to pay attention to getting the cartridge loaded correctly as well, since loading affects MM cartridges at or just above the audio passband. I might have to revise my statement slightly as it occurs to me that a low compliance cartridge might be challenged to go up to a very high frequency. But they were getting cartridges to go past 50KHz in the 1970s...
Good carts with SME V
Hi there
What could be the carts that match optimally with a SME V tonearm?
My SME is on a Hanss T30 player.
The match should have a resonance around 10 hz - I believe. Or no lower than 8 hz.
Cart suggestions are appreciated, from users of the SME V especially.
I ask also since maybe "official" resonance measures are way off, compared to user experience. Please include the weight and compliance of your cart suggestion, and if possible, your resonance testing frequency.
What could be the carts that match optimally with a SME V tonearm?
My SME is on a Hanss T30 player.
The match should have a resonance around 10 hz - I believe. Or no lower than 8 hz.
Cart suggestions are appreciated, from users of the SME V especially.
I ask also since maybe "official" resonance measures are way off, compared to user experience. Please include the weight and compliance of your cart suggestion, and if possible, your resonance testing frequency.
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Dear @fsonicsmith : The VPI tonearm that you used was an unipivot design with not very good stability when your today Reed is a gimball design with very good stability. Even the " humble " Jelco tonearm outperforms that VPI design. Today and vinatge non-unipivot tonearm designs works fine but are the it self cartridge tracking habilities whom defines how good or not pick-up that LP grooves information. The tonearm is part og that tracking " game " but the main responsability comes from the cartridge it self. As all in audio every single link in the audio system chain is important but there are different levels of importance down there, at the end the tonearm is a slave of the cartridge. Now, that Shure you mentioned is not a low compliance cartridge and that JICO after market stylus is a good repacement for it, as an after market is manufactured at a market price point. Today and vintage MM/MI cartridges are very good performers if you have the knowledge to play with. Does not outperforms top LOMC cartridges but made pretty good quality performance and listening times. Here you can read about: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/who-needs-a-mm-cartridge-type-when-we-have-mc Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS, R. |
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