Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge

pindac

The 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

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=mc+cartridge&_sacat=0&Type=Moving%2520Coil%2520%2528MC%2529&_dcat=64619&LH_BIN=1&LH_ItemCondition=1000&_udlo=250&_udhi=700&_sop=16&_pgn=2

here’s my AT33....for a great price these days, returns accepted

Microlinear on Boron, great separation, tight channel balance for superior imaging.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/122981575515?epid=27032781048&hash=item1ca245eb5b%3Ag%3AcoEAAOSw9T9iRAvE&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwBuz7HXAPjwo7y1PnHJp4p62tAXI9hINNB8lBF108SrA91aOEpNijhQ2tfMjPuemg7G6Tg7SCgLHavNg8hdjtGVfuKTp4abDqy7gxGs%2FihsBJNgIAEsxn0mXgHK2JSxDGfqB07yBbIU5RUajMbJWf%2FsOIMCVDI3Qfeh2%2Bg1Zp6mhZFJKAgPjTgwX77bo%2FSRVwXH9Uk%2BQl6Iud9jLaFpBisDNuUkMLV4v5Z8hq%2BwMMNaCpDdH%2B29cXR6EiiyzukOFWg%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR6jE-sL6Yg&LH_BIN=1&LH_ItemCondition=1000

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

https://www.ebay.com/itm/275395465794?hash=item401ed95242%3Ag%3Ad70AAOSwoMli2hxj&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4LXhsTBSVMcwp%2F5hDO5iaN551Syb4U895lGpJ1tKE6qh%2FtmseGVBYeiBrrmvXkauVaMlkUlFCB%2BzThnkRO64jSFeqiTgA4L4vTOWKRi5Rw7pYd77nJ25E6l%2BMSA%2BqBhXdy2YPVS85mztASO0rG%2BCBg5S2YGgTqFiq0P%2FwlYv1bxBMBaj%2BAx90%2FQHqTfI703iAyeEZll9wu3UjcT48LDu969J7GDMVjHJy%2BZ9%2FUC3QQAWh0Mala2kh2Uoy03sQEnIXiklqb66wD9yziwfxKWvna2yeXSJDrpSbNV8%2BddkS1vb%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR6jE-sL6Yg&LH_BIN=1&LH_ItemCondition=1000

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.  

Neither you nor I nor most of the rest of us, regardless of experience, have the capacity to account for a zenith error; there are no readily available tools to use for that purpose. I have a feeling there soon will be, from either Wally Tools or elsewhere. And yes, no zenith error with a spherical stylus. At the CAF, the person at the Wally Tools kiosk (not JR, who was taking a break at that moment) told me they will take your cartridge, measure for zenith error (and every other possible parameter), and sell you a shim to correct for the zenith error. He showed me an example of a shim, but it didn’t make sense to me how the shim he had on hand would do the job. In any case, Wally do understand the problem it seems. Unfortunately, there current solution costs $500, which pays for a thorough assessment of the cartridge, not just the zenith shim.