Glanz moving magnet cartridges

@nandric

You also mentioned to never ’’retip’’ MM carts but you deed
not explained why.

For practical reason i prefer to buy another original/working cartridge or just original stylus, i think it’s much better investment.

Because we both try to inform our co-members as good as we can this information is pretty important. As you also know Raul posted a bunch of his MM carts for ’’refurbishing’’ to different ’’retip services’’ in advance. That is without checking their function first. But if nobody is able to fix suspensions problems by MM kinds this should be mentioned to our members.

I got my Glanz 71L in NOS condition, comparing it to my 61 and 31L i realized that my NOS 71L is a lowrider. I’ve shipped it to Axel for suspension repair and he did it, slowly, but he did it. When my german friend asking for a cartridge in a certain price range i've offered him the Glanz 71L with Axel phone number on the sticker and Axel’s warranty for his suspension repair job. German friend was happy that someone in his country can service his cartridge (if needed). He called Axel over the phone to double check everything, Axel confirmed that my 71L was repaired by him and still under his warranty, so we made a deal, i think it was in 2014-2015. Axel retired then as you said. But what i’m tying to say is that Glanz can be refurbished if suspension failed.

That was the last time i have ever refurbished MM (MF) cartridge.
Being a perfectionists i hate reburbishing!

Luckily since that day i have NEVER bought any cartridge with bad suspension. I just don’t buy Technics anymore, this cartridge must be avoided!

Those repairs are not cheap so if they make no sense our members should be warned. If some of the MM kinds have the whole ’’exotic’’ cantilever inside than this cantilever must be damped somehow.

My advice to anyone:
Buy from audiophiles and ask them for high resolution pictures, ask them to test a cartridges, ask them for detailed explanation about condition of the suspension. Don’t buy a lowriders if it was not designed originally to be a lowrider. If you or somebody else damaged a cartridge, do yourself a favor, just buy another cartridge, do not bother about retipping or refurbishing (leave it to somebody else, sell your damaged cartridge, it's much better idea). There are always some nice cartridges on the market that we have not tried yet, they can be much better! Do not stick to one cartridge, do not think that you have "the best ever cartridge" until you will try hundreds of different cartridges. Refurbishing is only a compromise, in my opinion it’s not worth it. Always buy original stylus replacement or just buy another working cartridge. Anyone can find a decent cartridge at any price, normally from $300 to infinity (based on my buying experience). Sometimes a $300 cartridge can be better than $1000 cartridge. 

Dear chakster, I quote Aristotle: ''Amicus Plato sed magis amica
veritas'' (I love Plato but I love truth more).
I was wondering about your ''dismissal'' of Glanz 71 L in comparison
with Glanz 31L. I was also surprised with Axel's repair of the 71
damping. So I inspected both styli. The stylus by 71 looks pretty
complex , more like an MC kind then usual MM kinds. The conical cantilever is pretty short with so called ''one point suspension'' and
tension wire which can be adjusted with an screw at the end of
the ''stylus tube''. The damping rubber is just behind the stylus
such that by increasing tension on the wire one can adjust the
compliance . As you mentioned your sample was ''low rider''.
This means to me that you listened to an defective Glanz. So
your opinion about Glanz  71 is not very convincing.
In contradistinction the 31 stylus is much more simple  and
without tension wire. The tube behind the cantilever looks like 
those by Shure. I don't see how those can be opened in order
to change the ''rubber ring'' assuming that there is one.
Like you I  think that G5 and G7 have the same stylus as 71L.

I hope Dgob will be so kind to inform us about his experience
with G5 which btw he got from me by way of exchange (grin)



 

 

Dgob doesn't hang around here very often, if at all.   Unfortunately for the rest of us.

Dear Lew, Dgob is an real English gentleman and can as such
impossible refuse my kindly request. Besides he owns this G5
thanks to me as well lives nearby Holland. I hope he is aware
how dangerous those Serbian fighters are . Loosing the EU 
market is one thing but loosing your life one other. 

@nandric

So I inspected both styli. The stylus by 71 looks pretty
complex , more like an MC kind then usual MM kinds. The conical cantilever is pretty short with so called ’’one point suspension’’ and
tension wire which can be adjusted with an screw at the end of
the ’’stylus tube’’. The damping rubber is just behind the stylus
such that by increasing tension on the wire one can adjust the
compliance .

Please click on every link in this post.
There is NO traditional tention wire (as i can see), just look at this schematic of the construction, this illustration is for 71 (you will recognize that huge cantilever). That strange and fat alluminum cantilever is NOT SHORT, the length of the 71 cantilever is even a bit longer than Boron Cantilever of my 61. Side view on this image (61 on the left, 71 on the right). The insert is the same, but anyone can see that 71L has slightly longer cantilever than 61.

As you mentioned your sample was ’’low rider’’. This means to me that you listened to an defective Glanz. So your opinion about Glanz 71 is not very convincing. In contradistinction the 31 stylus is much more simple and without tension wire. The tube behind the cantilever looks like those by Shure. I don’t see how those can be opened in order to change the ’’rubber ring’’ assuming that there is one. Like you I think that G5 and G7 have the same stylus as 71L.

I have inspected 71L before and after suspension repair. I must say the problem was not so bad, but i decided to proceed with suspension repair anyway (cost me no more than 60 euro). The final critical test and comparison between 31L, 61 and 71L was made after my 71L has arrived from Axel (repaired, look at the sticker). The suspension was fine, but i did not noticed any improvement in sound and the cartridge was BRAND NEW (never used before, until i bought it). Actually the cartridge was burned-in with Cardas LP for a few nights. I must say my used 31L was better than NEW 71L.

Some new pictures below (from my archive):

You’re right about the stylus, the 71L has square shank stylus.
The 31L has round shank stylus.

The PH stylus on Glanz 61 is completely different comparing to all other models, the main difference is lower mass, tall diamond wich looks thinner from the front view.

I’m happy to share my pictures and information, but there is no question than none of those carts can compete with 61 model.

BTW our @halcro mentioned that his new Glanz MFG-610LX is much better than any other Glanz he has owned. The MFG-610LX and MFG-61 have more similarities than any other Glanz.