Not "everyone" says that moving coils are necessarily superior. An alternative solution toward the goal of a low moving mass MC cartridge, while combining the benefit of high MM output voltages (no transformer or gainstage required) is the Grado cartridge line. These are hybrids, a variable reluctance design. Very low moving mass + higher output are available in certain Grado models. I favor the woodbody designs, but they also offer some economy models.
What's a good step-up transformer?
Everyone says how moving coils are so much better than moving magnets, but what they don't metion is that the signal is so much smaller you need a step up transformer to run it with most phonostages. I'm wondering what a good one might be. Audio Note seems to have the market cornered but they are not cheap.
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