MM Cartridge recommendation
I am in the process of upgrading from my current project debut carbon(with acrylic platter and ortofon blue) to a vintage Micro Seiki DD-5. It will come with the stock tone arm and Micro H-303 headshell but no cart. I am looking for any recommendations for a MM cartridge sub $500? This turntable will be used with a Cronos Magnum III powering a pair of Triangle Acoustics Comete 40th anniversary speakers.
I was thinking of a Nagaoka MP150 or 200 but have no experience with cartridges other then the Ortofon 2m line so all suggestions are welcomed.
Thanks in advance.
+1 for the MoFi Mastertracker. I love mine! Herb Reichert was impressed with it, as well: "I had never ever experienced such vitality and sharp focus from an MM cartridge. More surprisingly, this sharp focus did not come from lean, dry, or overdamped sound. The MasterTracker was simply getting all of the energy information off the record." Regardless, make sure it's a good match for your TT, arm and system. Good Luck!
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The Link is to a pairing for a MM Cart’ that I have a past usage of a Cart’ as a P77 Model. I have owned other MM Cart’s made in Japan for UK Companies and from Companies from Japan offered products. The P77 even though needing a new stylus is retained for other times, probably to be for my wife’s to be Vinyl Source System. My Math is suggesting for the most expensive option for the Cart’ with Stylus @ approx’ $320 there is approx’ 1000 hours of music at $00.32c per hour. Add another Jico SAS/B down the road and the hourly usage will drop to less that .30c. Even better news is a replacement styli with an Aluminium Cantilever is able to be purchased for close to $50.00 @ 00.05c per hour of usage. https://www.jico-stylus.com/product/stylus-1-sas-b/ The following is a Quote I found posted on line a from a few year ago. The Paratrace Stylus shares near identical for to the FGS and Replicant 100 Stylus Forms, these are revered as a Stylus Shape. __________________________________________________________________ Quote:
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Thanks everyone for the much needed advice. @oldaudiophile and @imnop I will try to research out the mofi cartridge further as it seems like an excellent possibility as well. Having no experience with the vintage Micro Seiki, I am finding it challenging to figure out what the best synergy between the turntable, tone arm, and preamp would be. I guess that is part of the journey I am on and looking forward to figuring out. @mickeyb the bl-91 is a beautiful table. |
Can't go wrong with this Audio Technica VM750xSH |
