The greatest MM and MI cartridges ....

Dear Mosin: IMHO the 95SA version well matches tonearm and the right phono stage certainly it is not a " classic " one but a good one.

Btw, I don't know about the Aurum but the Virtuoso even that " came " from the 95 ceratinly is not the 95, the electric cartridge specs are way different and Clearaudio made the " fine tunning ": my sample has a better stylus than the stock one and is just great. I will test it with a shibata or line contact stylus because the Virtuoso can shows even better performance if we give it better " weapons ".

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.

Dear Halcro: +++++ " It is asking for a 'list' of 'classic' MM/MI cartridges which have influenced the audio world and have 'stood the test of time. " +++++

do you really/honest think that the AT, Signet, FR-5E, Empire 1000 or the Nagaoka ( at least those models ) really influenced the audio world? how? or it is because:

+++++ " It is not solely what you may like? " +++++

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.

I am not able to understand the 'sense' of such list
of carts. One can describe the 'çonditions' or criteria which some carts need to satisfy in order to be on whatever list but the 'initial conditions' presuppose that the most of us
are familiar with the most of the carts. But the most people I know are familiar with, say, two or three carts.
So this is than some weird contest between persons who own
or owned an considerable amount of carts. I do not belong to those but even so I can add to the list of Halcro the Stanton 881 S and AKG P 8ES 'Super Nova' because I discovered those carts, say, by accident. From his list I
know Empire 1000 ZE/X and Signet TK 5 and non of the other.
So I am obviously not in the position to judge about the other on his list. Then I assume that Raul and Herr Professor own more MM carts than Halcro so Halcro is not in
the position to judge about carts which they own but he does
not. But if this is, say, the general situation what is then the sense of such a list?

Regards,

HI Raul'
+++"really influenced the audio world'+++

This is not what I understand, was asked at the opening of this tread.

+++"were able to hold their sonic standard against all fashions"+++

He asked for cartridges that could perform up to todays standards.
Holding sonic standard is not the same as really influenced the audio world?
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Dear Griffithds: Agree, that's why I'm questioning Halcro that was the one to post that sentence.

Btw, Nandric I agree with you too and you missed Mosin whom posted he owns 100+ ones.

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.