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?
lewm the idea of an advanced stylus being MISALIGNED can cause more damage than a spherical/conical Stylus. Thus they consider spherical as ’safest’. Properly aligned, advanced is LESS groove wear, and LESS stylus wear, and better sound. amateur/novices without the simple tools and skills to properly align advanced stylus do run a higher risk of misalignment. |
pindacThe tank and brushes is supposed to be filled with the cleaning fluid, the brushes doing the cleaning. I scrub aggressively with the baby scalp brush, and the tank is just distilled water for rinse, then light cloth dry holding the LP over the tank (so excess distilled water drips back down into the tank. Then on to the drying rack, they dry faster that way, off to the next batch of 10. I position myself centered between the speakers, for quality listening while cleaning, add a bit of joy to the task. A folding table with a plastic sheet would work for other setups. |
@elliottbnewcombjr I have a method where my Wife goes out, I then go for it in her Kitchen. I clear all work surfaces in the and protect them with News Paper, I have a Pump Up Spray Bottle for Distilled Water Jet Nozzle Rinsing. Lab Sponges and Micro Fibre Camera Lens Cloths are great for excess water removal. Apart from her OCD on placement of items, I am not usually captured in the act🤣 |
dogberry There are some great cartridges $700. or below here’s my AT33....for a great price these days, returns accepted Microlinear on Boron, great separation, tight channel balance for superior imaging. I’ve listened to many other cartridges in my system, mine and friends. It’s my first MC, I just made a lucky choice. Others here on the forum think highly of it. Many people prefer elliptical, typically on aluminum, new Denon’s are aplenty, here’s a Benz Micro Near me, come listen, bring yours 07062 |
I think I may order the new version of my broken Dynavector. Although I hate to throw $1200.00 into it, it doesn’t seem like the cheaper cartridges will do what I want. I was really hoping to get out of this for $600 to $700 bucks. I will have to check with member “Kron” as he sells new Dynavector cartridges at a small discount. |
