Must you have an MC? In my opinion, there’s more bang for your amount of bucks and your taste if you would consider an MM or MI type.
Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge
I noticed that Music Direct has 20% off cartridge sale on select cartridges. I am still using a ZU/Denon DL103 MC cartridge Series 1 with the cartridges tightest tolerances. I purchased it here from “Audiofiel” back in 2010 and have used it sparingly since. I had been using a Dynavector DV20XL cartridge which I bought a couple of years ago but my 6 yo nephew destroyed it (that’s another story) so I am back to the ZU/Denon.
My table is a Technics SL1200G which I truly love. I have been looking at the Hana Low out put MC cartridges. I am interested in the low output “S” series as the $600.00 price is right where I want to be. Now, the million dollar questions: I listen to 95% 60’s, 70’s and 80’s Rock and want whatever cartridge I purchase to make the records sound good without excessive surface noise. Will the Hana S be up to the task? My Mac C2500 tube preamp has cartridge loading from 50 ohms up to 1000 ohms so I should be ok. I just want to be sure this cartridge will be very musical and full bodied sound. I do no want a thin sound. So there you have it, yay or neigh?
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The Grado Sonata 3 is a MI and would be a good match with that Technics arm! BTW, if you don’t like it you can return it! https://gradolabs.com/cartridges/timbre-series/item/121-sonata3 |
I am a little nervous about a wood body. Does the Grado have threaded holes or do you need to use those impossibly tiny nuts? If it doesn't have threaded holes, it would be a non-starter for me. My hands are not as steady as they were just a few years ago and an accident most likely would happen. I wish I had kept my Shure V15 type 3 and my expensive Pickering and ADC cartridges from the 70's era. Everything sounded great with those MM cartridges. Fresh Air 2 sounded amazing back then. |
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