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Is There An "Absolute" Best Cartridge?

Dear friends: We can read through different threads/posts in this forum that people always want/ask to know for the " best " " audio item " that IMHO and till today does not exist in " absolute " meaning.
Well I already have and I'm " living " a unique experience that makes me to share with all of you what IMHO could be in Absolute terms " the best cartridge ever ".

Please read this Technics EPC-P100C-MK4 information that could help you for you can share with us your experiences/thoughts on the subject of this thread:
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1200430667&openflup&1827&4#1827

Thank you in advance.
Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.
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travbrow
277 posts
 
Hi Dertonarm,I don't own one of those 100MKIV cartridges.I just found it curious that two of the most experienced audiophiles with excellent top quality systems and both have heard some of the best cartridges available(which alot of us could never afford)disagree so much with the Technics performance.You say it loses out to a number of different cartridges and Raul thinks it is the best ever.Do you think for the $900.00 or so the last samples sold for where a bargain compared to whats available today?

I guess it will always be the same in this hobby,just opinions and people will never agree on what is the "absolute" best.
storyboy
80 posts
 
If only we could follow this curious money trail...
pedrillo
560 posts
 
Can I propose a shootout?
How about a shootout at some agreed upon location with an entrance fee to cover expenses of setup and rental etc.
Since we are on the topic of best cartridge I bet there would be a large audience.
I certainly would be interested.
I bet NYC would be an excellent place since there are so many audiophiles in the tri-state area.
dertonarm
1,042 posts
 
Dear Pedrillo,
we will hardly be able to agree about the periphery components ....
Anyway - let me suppose RMAF 2011.
I'll be there.
downunder
1,329 posts
 
What about the Munich hifi show in May?

I have the "magical" Technics EPC-P100C-MK4 & Ortofon A90.

Raul can bring his vdh aligned Technics EPC-P100C-MK4

Dertonarm - you can bring a miyabe and your secret cartridge.

Lewm can bring his Ortofon M20FL super as the overachieving low cost cart.

Syntax, what are you going to bring?

Now, lets spend the next month debating about what gear to put with these wonderful cartridges.

Then we can debate what music we each want to play.

with so many variables, there will be many different results one would guess :-)

It may still go back to individual taste
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