moving magnet or moving coil cartrige

Audiofeil: True, the B&O cartridges can't compete with the better cartridges that you've named, (I happen to own, and love, the Dynavector XV-1S). But then again, the cost of the B&O cartridges, even adjusting for inflation, is only a fraction of the cost of those cartridges either.

I think a better comparison would be to something like the Benz Micro Glider 2, (another cartridge I've owned recently), and in that comparison, I think the capabilities of the B&O cartridges were definitely in the ballpark.

My two cents worths anyway.

Dear Kurt tank: I can't understand what you posted on the B&O cartridges if you don't have any single idea how them performs in your today audio system loaded at 100KOhms along 100pf on capacitance.

It will be interesting/learning for many of us how you achieve those conclusions, maybe I'm missing something about. Could you explain on it?

Thank you in advance.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Kurt,
Although I agree wholeheartedly with you, price had nothing to do with Raul's assertion.

I simply pointed he was wrong in that regard.

Audiofeil, It's an obvious question, but I have to ask it. You wrote above, "Well I disagree with this. I owned both the MMC-1 and MMC-2 with my B&O TX-2 some years ago. Etc." From these sentences, I gather that you used the MMC1 and MMC2 only in your B&O tt, and only several years ago. How then can you categorically contradict Raul's statement, as you do? Raul is using modern electronics and one or another of his very fine turntables to make his judgment. It could be that there's gold in them thar hills, as regards the old B&Os, OR you could be right. But we don't really know from your experience. FWIW, I once owned a B&O cartridge (don't remember which one), and I found it to be rather colored, in the sense that it cast a homogeneous sheen on most music. But I'm quite sure that the turntable and tonearm and preamp I was using then were junk, compared to what I have now.

Modern electronics and TX-2 tonearms aside there is no way the MMC-1 and MMC-2 compare to the cartridges I mentioned.

If you're going to cite modern this and that, let's not forget the advances in cartridge development. Better wire in the coils, better magnets, better quality control, and better (and smaller) stylus shapes.

In addition there are probably another half dozen including the Air Tight and Lyra Helikon that could have been included.

Had enough?