Glanz moving magnet cartridges

Hi All,

Apologies for the repeated post: although I am clearly not alone in that respect.

Dear Dgob,I borrowed the expression (and now) 'something
totally different' from some (hilarious) English comedians
while the part about Vetterone was inspired by my native
Balkan humor. You however changed the issue from 'who
knows better' in 'which cart is better'. But your own answer is, I should think, very predictable: there is no better one then G7. In contradistincition to Nandric
you borrowed the way to express yourself from Kant. Long,
complex sentences, but without a clear outcome. Ie I still have no idea if the 'stand alone' carts which are integrated in their respective headshells are to get as stand alone carts? You see those of us who don't own tonearms with removable headshell have no use for G7/G5 despite the fact that both may be the 'best there is'.To buy a separate tonearm for the purpose while the prospect to get any of both is so slim looks not very attractive to me. This argument of course does not apply for Raul but my suggestion to you is to tell Raul that the internal wire (aka 'tags') in those headshells are made from 100%
pure silver with gold coating. For the sake of argument as the phylosopher are used to say. I am sure Raul will then invent some other contra-arguments. Say the impossiblity to change the headshells which any true connoisseur can't
do without. Not even those from Australia (Henry is all well?).

Regards,

Dear Henry, My arguments are 'in general', not reduced to
my subjective feelings and interest. Add to that the Balkan inclination to try to be funny at whatever cost. Btw I used the phylosophical way of speaking to explain my intentions: 'for the sake of argument'. You don't actually mean to refer to me in this context but to somebody else. Some Mexican perhaps? Ie I never stated anything against the 'integrated carts' but only considered possible problems by those who don't own tonearm(s) with
removable headshell ( I am a lawyer you know). I even provided Dgob with this strong argument for the 'integrated case '( 100% pure silver wire + gold coating). However you should also know that you can't use your beloved + upgraded FR 7 in some other, possible better headshell. I assume, but I may be wrong, that you deed not buy those 33 separate headshells for the esthetical reasons only? Not to mention rubber or metal rings for all the headshells which seem to add some extra 'finnesse' to the 'extracted'sound.
Glad to see your post of course but do we need to force you to contribute?

Regards,

Hi Nandric,

Apologies if I missed the humour although I did sense that some of your comments were very much tongue in cheek. I also wholly accept your point that these cartridges are dependent on any buyer having or obtaining tonearms that accept universal headshells. It is/was not my intention to exclude anyone from my debate. Hoever, for those who have such armwands or might consider obtaining one, I still hope that some of the information that arises (and that will continue to rise in the future!) on this thread will prove useful.

As always...