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A New MC to Catch One's Attention

The Link is showing a most recent Cartridge on offer from Audio Technica.

From what I see in the sales spiel, there are a good line up of what would be Ticked Boxes to get the model noticed.

There seems to be plenty on offer to get one's attention.

 

 

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dover
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The AT is a bargain compared to the new Nagra cartridge ($18,500 USD)

What you are forgetting is that with the Nagra you are paying $3-4k for the cartridge and $14-15K for the name.

For some folk that is great value.

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alan60
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Save yourself a fortune and buy an Ortofon SPU Royal N, job done!

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pindac OP
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I feel this subject will be quite short-lived, as there are probably only a small proportion remaining to fill the Books for the 60 Limited Edition Items.  

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clearthinker
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I think it would be very foolish to pay $18,000 for a cart from Nagra.  They have never made one previously, so what do they know.  AT have been making carts for ?70 years or longer.  Same with Ortofon but probably longer.  Nearly the same with vdHul.

I love my ART1000 and all the Ortofons I have.  And vdHuls

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alan60
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I'll wager that the Nagar Cartridge has not been manufactured by Nagra, they have more than likely done it in conjunction with a specialist cartridge maker like Ortofon, EMT or one of the Japanese manufacturers.

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