Glanz moving magnet cartridges


Hi,

I have just acquired an old Glanz G5 moving magnet cartridge. However, I cannot find out any details about this or the Glanz range or, even the company and its history.

Can anyone out there assist me in starting to piece together a full picture?

Any experiences with this or other Glanz's; web links; set up information etc would be warmly received. Surely someone knows something!

Thanks in hope
dgob
Dear Dgob, that "the issue of 'art','knowledge' and 'truth'
are equally complex and aporetic" does not mean that we should confuse them. To me those aredifferent 'categories'.
But I am an 'Fregean guy' and you are, I assume, an Kantian kind of person. So I must underline that 'the art'
is not about the 'truth' in contradistiction to science.

Regards,
Hi Nandric,

I agree to some extent: although the third Critique might not quite uphold the distinction. Personally, I'm not quite certain where my philosophical leanings should be categorised but I obviously find much of great relevance to our concerns in certain German philosophers.

With kindness in gratitude
Hi All,

Been spending quite some time with my Glanz cartridges and doing some thinking. I recall certain Japanese cartridge makers (Audio Technica etc) have produced high quality models for the Japanese and Foreign market but kept one or two "special" models for the Japanese only market. These have apparently often outperformed the top models offered elsewhere.

Well, Glanz produced their cartidges for the Japanese and European market. However, the literature that I have been able to find suggests that the G5 and G3 models were not exported but kept for the Japenese only market. This would partly explain the distinct performance characteristics that are given on the cartridge database etc for the G5 when compared to the G7 or MFG71L/E.

This makes things a little more complex than an alphabetical serialisation in which the hierachy of these gems would run from G1, G2, G3, G5 to G7 at the top of the sonic food chain. This makes for interesting comparisons between my G5 and G7.

More as soon as...
Hi All,

I have recently received my Technics EPC-P100 MK4 back from Van den Hul following his full treatment of it. It's only had 8 hours play in this new condition so far but WOW! It does sound different to its previous state but I had bought it NOS and it apparently had become 'brittle' in certain areas (VdH report).

Anyway, my initial playing of it has emphasised one or two of the characteristics that I am enjoying with the Glanz G5. The latter doing slightly more with dramatic contrast in its dynamics. However, I cannot (should I feel the need to) compare until I have optimised the set up for both and given them far more time. My Technics also seems truly great at this early stage.

Fun times ahead