Highest detail cartridges

Talking about the "Highest detail cartridges" everyone should look at the specs first (frequency response), for example Stanton SC-100 WOS can do as wide as 10Hz - 50kHz, Audio-Technica AT-ML180 can do 5Hz - 42kHz, Technics claimed 5Hz - 100kHz for 205c mk4 with Effective Moving Mass of the tip = 0,109 mg.
Try to find ANY moving coil or moving magnet / moving iron than can do the same.

@bpoletti - excellent member review of the MIMC Star.  Thanks.

I have a medium to high mass arm (VPI 10.5 JMW).  The MIMC Star would match very well with my VPI arm.  If I can accumulate some extra cash, I may trade in my 1st generation Zephyr for the MIMC Star. Who knows, the MIMIC may become my primary and the Kleos my back up.

Or, I may spring for a second VPI arm and use both cartridges.  :)

Regards,

BIF

  

@bifwynne Let me know if you decide to retire the Kleo.  I'll be happy to liberate it.   ;-)    

@chakster Many audio products have that kind of frequency.  It's just that they are down significantly at the extremes.

Certainly @chakster
Denon's DL-1000A MC cartridge had an effective tip mass of 0.077mg.

https://www.denon.jp/jp/museum/products/dl1000a.html
Even their lower-priced DL-305 got down to 0.168mg.
These cartridges (as well as Technics 205, 305, 100) were from an era when various audio manufacturers competed with each other to see who could produce the more impressive-appearing specifications, whether the products were speakers, amplifiers, turntables, cartridges, tuners etc.

But at least in my experience, such specs don't have much relation to how a component actually sounds.