B+O MMC2 cartridge What line grade was it,any good

I have a B&O TX-2 and got a replacement cartridge from

www.soundsmith.com

They are great to deal with and have their own B&O replacements as well as rebuilt B&O.

The MMC2 was B&O's second best cartridge. It is essentially the same as their top-line cartridge (MMC1) except it did not fall within certain test parameters when tested by B&O.

These are very good cartridges, and not generally found on an RX2, they usually came with the MMC3/MMC4/MMC5.

It is a "contact-line" stylus with a beryllium cantilever.

The cartridge can be removed from the tonearm by gently holding the tonearm with one hand and using the other hand to pull/wiggle the cartridge off the arm.

I have a B&O BG9000 which is their top-pline turntable (tangential tracker) and both MMC2 and MMC1 cartridges. The MMC2 sells for about $400-500 now abd the MMC1 can be found for $750+

You should have the cartridge inspected under a microscope. If the stylus is good, you snagged a pretty nice piece. You could really do that cartridge justice by finding one of B&O's tangential tracking turntables to use it on.

Contact me offline if you need/want more info...

-RW- (rlwainwright AT gmail DOT com)

MMC2 has sapphire tube cantilever

Siniy123 is correct, my bad, thanks for the correction. Both the MMC1 and MMC2 have the same cantilever.

-RW-

Many thanks for the info.Would you believe this was going to be thrownout.I wanted to put a bid on it,tried it but it wouldn't stay running,when to pick a couple records I won at auction and they asked if I wanted it before they throw it out.I would like to try that cartridge on a better table.Got it home and found it needs a record on platter to run.