MM Cartridge to MC Cartridge


Hi All. First post. I’m thinking about moving from a MM cartridge to an MC cartridge. I hesitate a bit, because about a year ago I moved from an inexpensive MM cartridge to an expensive MM cartridge and noticed little difference. My vinyl system consists of:

Rega Planar P3 with Rega Exact Mk 2 cartridge 

McIntosh MP100 phono preamp

McIntosh MA252 integrated amp

Budget is less than $1k. Thinking Rega Ania MC cartridge because reviews are positive and install easy.

Do you think this change will be worthwhile? Suggestions?

-Doug

prufrock28

@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

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.

In order to maximize the upgrade, I would recommend making sure it has an advanced stylus shape (line contact) as opposed to elliptical.