Dear @mijostyn : "
I am beginning to think moving coil cartridges are a waste of money and that you can get equal or better performance out of much less expensive moving magnet and iron cartridges. "
Everything the same ( as I posted before. ) there is no single MM that can outperform the LOMC.
You said that the LOMC cartridges has not the " punch " of the MM and by coincidence this kind of " punch " was what impressed me with hundreds of cartridge in the long thread and I posted several times down there.
But that " punch " is non-accurated, the MM bass range it's not it has not the tigth LOMC bass performance that's more as what we listen in a live MUSIC even at near field position.
Yes that " punch " could be addictive but " false ", it's a distorted frequency sound. The time decay in MM ( especially vintages. ) is way longer and with overhang. The best MM by a wide margin is the Technics EPC100 C MK4 ( stand alone version. ) and the closer one to a LOMC cartridge.
MI makes a better overal job and certainly are nearer to the LOMC ones but as @dover posted if you have the rigth phonolinepreamp LOMC is a little superior design.
"" My point is there are MM and MI cartridges that out perform some LOMC cartridges. ""
Of course that could be true but depends the choosed MM/MI against which LOMC is the comparison and in which room/audio system.
"" JC may think they are better...""
I think that he not only " think " that LOMC are better but can prove it if necessary.
Unfortunatelly we audiophiles puit a lot of subjectivity in our opinions and almost no facts as comparisons against live MUSIC events seated a near field position. The main issue is not what we like but what is rigth or wrong.
Anyway, the thread is about diamond cantilevers.
R.
Everything the same ( as I posted before. ) there is no single MM that can outperform the LOMC.
You said that the LOMC cartridges has not the " punch " of the MM and by coincidence this kind of " punch " was what impressed me with hundreds of cartridge in the long thread and I posted several times down there.
But that " punch " is non-accurated, the MM bass range it's not it has not the tigth LOMC bass performance that's more as what we listen in a live MUSIC even at near field position.
Yes that " punch " could be addictive but " false ", it's a distorted frequency sound. The time decay in MM ( especially vintages. ) is way longer and with overhang. The best MM by a wide margin is the Technics EPC100 C MK4 ( stand alone version. ) and the closer one to a LOMC cartridge.
MI makes a better overal job and certainly are nearer to the LOMC ones but as @dover posted if you have the rigth phonolinepreamp LOMC is a little superior design.
"" My point is there are MM and MI cartridges that out perform some LOMC cartridges. ""
Of course that could be true but depends the choosed MM/MI against which LOMC is the comparison and in which room/audio system.
"" JC may think they are better...""
I think that he not only " think " that LOMC are better but can prove it if necessary.
Unfortunatelly we audiophiles puit a lot of subjectivity in our opinions and almost no facts as comparisons against live MUSIC events seated a near field position. The main issue is not what we like but what is rigth or wrong.
Anyway, the thread is about diamond cantilevers.
R.