Is There An "Absolute" Best Cartridge?

Raul,
You have done a very good deed for the audio community. Unfortunately the audience has been indoctrinated by now with all this co in tel pro. If this country ever wants to rise up to its past glory it better wake up, because it's got a long way.
To prove this point, consider how nobody cares for the truth.
Bravo Raul.

Dear Pedrillo, I think that we all care about 'the truth'.
The problem is : truth by induction or deduction? Then we
have 'individual statements' (say from Raul,Dertonarm,etc)and we all have 'some' limitations regarding :information,knowledge,experience,etc that we
actualy posses.
Aaccording to my interpretation Raul should stated his 'universal statement' in this manner:' I am familiar with (say) 100 different carts of both kinds (MC& MM). I tested,etc, all of them onder the 'optimal conditions' and
according to me the EPC 100 KK 4 ist the best cart of them
all.'
So obviously the quantifier 'all' in this statement applys to those 100 carts. If there are 150 carts produced since
1980 then 50 carts are not included in this statement.
Then obviously Rauls conclusion is made by induction.
For the sake of argument I can state that I am familiar with only 4 carts one of wich have the best technical spec.
that I know of. My argument (Tarskis theory of truth) is
based on 'conditions' that an cart must fulfil in order to
get an qualification like 'very good','excelent',etc.
So look,for example, at spec. of Allaerts MC Formula I:

Channel sep. 70 dB at 100Hz
60 dB at 1 Khz
70 dB at 20 Khz
Total THD 0,01 %

There is a sence by wich I can state that those are the best spec. that I have ever seen. If I can afford this cart
then I surely can afford the tonearm ('variable' at the moment) that will form a 'perfect cobo' with this cart.
But it is also possible that we can reach some consensus in
this technical sence and judge that this cart is 'the best' at present time in,eh,technical sence.
Ie one of my 4 carts has 'beaten' one of 100 Rauls carts.
That is the problem of induction.
From what I have stated follows that 'absolute best' is an
wrong expression in the given context and I must also add: I like Raul very much.

Regards,

Nice post Raul,I also read on another website about us "lunitics" trying these MM/MI cartridges and enjoying them.Brain washed audiophiles.It was the same thing when JN started the "Building hi-end turntables at home depot" thread.There were people who never even heard a replinthed idler drive turntable claim the "rumble" was awful and no way could compete with a hi-end belt drive.More brain washed audiophiles.

Yes the one you like in your system!!Spend at least $5000.00 be a sport.

Dear friends: Error>: you read, +++++ " Deny the existence of " the best audio item " goes against the establishment ..." +++++

this is the right sentence:

+*+*+* "" Deny the existence of " the best audio item " for whatever reasons ( even in some of those reasons make " sense ". ) is what IMHO was/is promoted by the extablishment through what " they " already " teach " and put/spread in our brains over those audio years, that's why we think/speak what we think/speak... "" +*+*+*

Always is and are time to change for the better in benefit of the audio high end establishment!!!

Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.