To help people get the fever, like they did in the pure analog days..we had to have ’budget MM’s that blew people away’. The kind that have the flavours, the hints, the smells... that made people realize that there was really something fabulous in those record grooves.
I find that some of the budget cartridges today are real under performers. Or, conversely..that we don’t have the choices we used to have, where you could find that mind blowing mid-low cost cart that really shakes things up.
It is also a problem of R&D and money over time. As in sales numbers. To get to the juicy mid level MM’s that really sing, the manufacturer needs volume.
Or... the situation needs some modern technology to provide a small time manufacturer with the opportunity to take some innovation and apply it on a small scale in a viable manner. And bring that quality of the analog audio market back. So people can get the opportunity to really understand what analog is all about.
On a personal note, I’ve been trying to get to that point, for over 15 years. And now, modern technology provides that ’chance’. So, Teo now does MM cartridges.
I find that some of the budget cartridges today are real under performers. Or, conversely..that we don’t have the choices we used to have, where you could find that mind blowing mid-low cost cart that really shakes things up.
It is also a problem of R&D and money over time. As in sales numbers. To get to the juicy mid level MM’s that really sing, the manufacturer needs volume.
Or... the situation needs some modern technology to provide a small time manufacturer with the opportunity to take some innovation and apply it on a small scale in a viable manner. And bring that quality of the analog audio market back. So people can get the opportunity to really understand what analog is all about.
On a personal note, I’ve been trying to get to that point, for over 15 years. And now, modern technology provides that ’chance’. So, Teo now does MM cartridges.