moving magnet or moving coil cartrige

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?

I was going through this phase a few months ago and I ended up buying three MM and a high output MC cartridges to try out for my self. I ended up keeping the high output MC because it sounded more musical to me, it like seeing the instruments playing i real time. Thats my experience. I bought the Clear Audio Virtuesio wood cartridge, Goldring 1042, Ortofon 2M Black, and a Dynavector 20XH. I kept the Dynavector, but I liked the Ortofon 2M Black, next, and it was hard to decide between the two. The 2M Black is much louder and brighter than the Dynavector. If I was going to keep parties then I would definitely keep the 2M Black. The best thing it to compare and listen for yourself if you have the chance to do so.

Mando..

TheMMC-1 and MMC-2 are excellent. Of course, If you are selling other brands they are automatically better....hahahaha