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Best cartridge for Breuer 8C tonearm

I had an accident with my PC-1, dropped tonearm on record-weight so that tip fell of. It has to be sent to Japan for renovation, sounds like a long waiting. It´s very expensive, doubt if my insurance company will be willing to pay that much. Had PC-1 for allmost 3 years. Now I want to try something different, more detailed/articulate in micro area. I´ve read Lyra Titan, PC-1 Supreme (can´t afford) maybe even Miyabi, might be better. For drive I use Raven One.
I heard good news from Lyra Delos here at Agon,
could that be something or isn´t needle revealing enough.
Opinions and thoughts greatly appreciated.

Many Thanks!
clabe
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rauliruegas
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Dear Clabe: I owned the Myabi and own the Allaerts MC2 Finish gold and IMHO no one ( less the MC1. ) even the quality performance of the cartridges in the links, to beat any one of these you need to go with the Allaerts Formula One performance level.

Anyway, your call.

Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.
clabe OP
101 posts
 
Rauliruegas!
Sounds very interesting.
I read some good reviews on Jan Allaerts cartridges yesterday. It can also be repair/upgraded for reasonable price I find interesting, especially if it´s a keeper.

Many Thanks!

clabe OP
101 posts
 
Hi!
I bought Lyra Delos for listening while PC-1 was serviced in Japan.
After about 40 hours the sound opened, it´s definitely a worthy contender in its price. Detailed and nice varm sound. Sound is not as fleshy as PC-1 with more pronounced register, more live. I suspect the needle and cartridge internal resistance (less is more current with strong magnets) plays a great deal. But for less than 20% of PC-1
it´s very priceworthy, don´t think you can get anything better.
I had to make an extra weight in aluminium (instead of steel) for Breuer to get VTF correct.
I got PC-1 this monday (away for 6 weeks).

Many Thanks!
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syntax
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I guess, it will be not in your focus, but when you want a cartridge which is in every area a step ahead of the PC-1 (except you love your PC-1 for some reasons), my comparison with Zyx UNIverse (or some Zyx in general) was interesting. The Zyx is an easy "to go" cartridge, means, not much energy flows into the Arm. It sounds pretty real, no artifacts based on vibrations will color the sound (There is always a "interaction" with a tonearm).
clabe OP
101 posts
 
Hi Syntax!
Can´t speak for Universe others then I´ve read.
Most likely it´s propably a wonderful cartridge and should be for its price. I don´t know the difference between Universe and PC-1. But I do know that I liked PC-1 as soon as I´ve heard it, it´s my cup of tea.

Many Thanks!
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