MM Cartridge to MC Cartridge

@prufrock28, @mijostyn - re...

Grado can make a great cartridge

I agree, however, way back when I tried a Grado on my Rega, it had a hum, which got louder as the cartridge got cloaser to the Motor

• you can ground the motor to eliminate this, but it is a little tricky

FWIW - after I replaced the Rega arm with the Audiomods arm (which is very easy) I heard so much more....

• There was little sign of unwanted sibiliance
• Bass imporved greatly
• imaging and clarity improvements were very noticeable

This was by far the the most worthwhile upgrade to my turntable, the second being the Soundsmih upgrade to my Denon 103. {Note: I am promoting the Denon approach. There are lots more worthy alternatives in today’s world}

Regards - Steve

@williewonka 

That hum is typical of the old cartridges with some turntables. The newest ones are not supposed to have that issue

Thanks for all the comments on this. I do think I’ll try an affordable MC cartridge, and will report back on the outcome.

-Doug

All this Denon talk and no mention of  the 304 mkII. A shame.

A suggestion that you might consider is to have a look into how you are creating a optimised environment that is most suited to your TT's overall function.

How the TT, is mounted and the material used for the Platter Mat, are both able to have a substantial impact on the produced sonic for the betterment.   

Making time to investigate and putting some funds towards this might produce the best version of this TT you are to encounter.

The outcome should be, that when the set up for the TT is optimised, and additional ancillaries are added, the carefully thought out set up, will prove to be very beneficial to the new additions function.