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Hello All,

I just recently purchased a creek obh 9 mc phono stage at my dads request for his turntable assembly. To his mistake he found out his shure v15 IV is a mm phono cartridge. He finds the sound bad which is no suprise. He is considering possibly replacing the cartridge or just selling the phono stage for the creek obh 8. Does anyone think it would be worthwhile or even possible to find a MC cartridge of better quality than the shure v15 IV for $75-$150 new. Or would it just be better to just get the mm phonostage.

Thanks in advance
krazeeyk
dougdeacon
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Hi Krazeeyk,
What turntable and tonearm is your dad using? No one could make a solid recommendation without knowing that.
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marakanetz
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The trick is with load impedance set for MC cart at or near 100Ohms. It's definitely not enough for MM cartridge.
Since V15 is considered to be lower-output MM you may use MC phono with great benefit if you replace 100Ohms resistor by 47Kohms.
The resistor can easily be located first one on the input signal path(there are two for left and right channel).
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ozzy62
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If you purchased the Creek new from a dealer, maybe he will take it back for the OBH-8. Worth a try.

I doubt you will find a better cartridge in that price range. If you can stretch it by a couple hundred dollars, there are a few choices. But I agree with Doug, we need more info.
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