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Classification of Benz Micro cartridges

A question for you Benz experts. I am confused by the classification. As I understand it, the Ruby/Ebony L and H, sit just below the LP S as the reference cartridge. Fine so far, then what is the LP? Is it an older version of the LP S or another cartridge sitting at the same level as the Ruby and Ebony?
Before anyone makes the sensible suggestion of contacting the US distributor, I am in the UK and we don't seem to have a supplier I can find. Their website is not helpful on this point. Thanks
david12
no_regrets
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Hi David12,

Thanks so much for your update. I'm glad that you are pleased with the new Benz. I'm sure your fondness of it will grow even more as it continues to break in. I've been a lover of the Benz cartridges for a long time now and believe that they reproduce music in a very natural way and portray the harmonics of various instruments as they sound in real life. And yes, the other benefit is their generous trade in/rebuild programs.

Happy listening,
No Regrets
breezer
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Do someone made a comparison between a Benz LP S and an Ebony S TR? Or maybe between the former versions with Fritz Gyger stylus, the LP and the Ebony TR?
I have already some good stepup transformers here for my other cartridges (A23 T1, Lyra Erodion, Lundahl 1941), so that is not an issue.
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nandric
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I had a dream visitor from Switzerland for a week. An technician by Benz and close friend of Lukatschek. He had 5 MC carts with him but I was only interested in the LP and
Ruby 3S. I forget the names of other three. BTW The LP S was introduced 2 or 3 months later. We both prefered Ruby 3S as more 'neutral'. According to him both were 'identical' except for the wood kind. But the price difference was more convincing to me then the 'neutrality'. The styli are Gyger S .The third kind designed by Van den Hul for Gyger. The Gyger I and II being the first two but very difficult to produce. BTW Gyger S is also used by Jan Alaerts for all of his models. I am not sure if Gyger is still in styli business
anyway Lukatschek is using micro ridge at present. Axel in Germany (schallplattennadeln.de) still has Gyger II styli available at present. After the Japanese huge price incrise for their cantilever/styli combos, this Gyger II become a very interesting proposition for an upgrade.

Regards,
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