JVC MC1 Moving Coil Cartridge - Heritage?

For anyone who is curious about "Direct Couple" design by Victor Laboratory READ THIS blog written by Japanese enthusiast. This dude comparing popular vintage cartridges (MC and MM), an interesting read (imo). 

Thanks, Chakster. The author of that piece is a wise man, even when his English is translated from Japanese. His experiences as a general rule parallel my own. Which is why I am loathe to make definitive statements about anything. Related to Audio, that is.

 I also agree with Nandric, and I have written this many times before. It seems to me you cannot dissect a phono cartridge  and declare what parts or structural elements make it exceptionally good or bad. You have to take the whole thing as it is. 

Dear Lew, Part of this problem is (simple) grammar with ''subject
connective and predicate'' which is focused on description of
objects. This kind of sentences is not suitable for description of
relations. Say, ''brother'' whom I address regular in this forum
is not about some properties but a marking of an family relation
''place''. We all have assertions about what a ''good brother''
means but differente cultures may have different ''places'' in
the family row or order for brother. One of my Dutch friends
visited my beloved Serbia and say to me: ''you have greetings
from your brother in Serbia''. He was very confused when I said
to him: ''I have no brother''. But then I realized that brother in
Holland does not mean the same as in Serbia. In Holland there
is ''mom ,dad and kids'' so those kids are brothers and sisters.
In Serbia the family relations are much brother because ''family''
includes much more people . So we lack the expression ''cousin''
or ''nephew'' but use ''brother from uncle or aunt side'' instead.
This btw was the reason for Frege to construct ''scientific language''
because ordinary language was not sufficient precise.

I am happy about Victor cartridges, long time ago Victor’s MM became my favorite (definitely in top 15) since i discovered NOS samples of X-1 and X-1II. This year i finally managed to buy a NOS X-1IIe and this model is also great for the money. I’ve tried many samples of them looking for perfection, and i think the X-1 is the most problematic, suspension often softened, so personally i prefer X-1II series, because i’ve never seen a sample with softened suspension (i had many).

Then i had to try Victor’s MC (Direct Couple):

My second try with MC-1 was fortunate enough and i was impressed by the quality of this Direct Douple type, Nikola tried it too and told me the sound is more like MM :)) After a first try i quickly realized what i have missed when my Spanish friend offered a bunch of then NOS, at that time i missed the deal for rediculous low price (my mistake). The reason whas a lack of info about this cart here on audiogon and else where online.

After reading J.Carr’s comment i realized i need something like MC-L10 and finally it’s here. This is a very very nice cartridge, no doubt! I really like the sound of MC-L10 (Beryllium/Shibata) on UA-7082 arm with my silver SUT.

... And now i want MC-L1000, the only problem is the price which can be up to $2k (definitely not my category).

Dear chakster, My remarks are about MC-1 not MC-L10 which I never owned. The problem according to me is the connection
between printed circuit coils and signal wire which are glued on
the cantilever to be further connected to the pin connectors.
Those wire are very thin and consequently  very vulnerable.
So there two weak points involved. The (soldering) connection
to the circuit and the breking possibility of the output wire.
Despite its low price the danger that one of those ''points'' will
collapse is pretty obvious. I assume that you know what kind
of frustration this causes irrespective of the cart price.
I hope you will at last try your Ikeda 9 C3 and compare the
involved technology as well as the sound.