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| Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge dogberry There are some great cartridges $700. or below https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=mc+cartridge&_sacat=0&Type=Moving%2520Coil%2520%2528MC%2529&_dcat=64619&LH_BIN=1&LH_ItemCon... | |
| Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge pindac The tank and brushes is supposed to be filled with the cleaning fluid, the brushes doing the cleaning. I scrub aggressively with the baby scalp brush, and the tank is just distilled water for rinse, then light cloth dry holding the LP ove... | |
| Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge lewm the idea of an advanced stylus being MISALIGNED can cause more damage than a spherical/conical Stylus. Thus they consider spherical as ’safest’. Properly aligned, advanced is LESS groove wear, and LESS stylus wear, and better sound. amateu... | |
| Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge fleschler "28,500 lps .... I should buy a mono cartridge" Of course you should, I cannot believe you don't have one. .......................................... I read/learned here the true advantages of a real mono, dipped my toe in the wat... | |
| Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge noromance when you say rebuilt Decca Maroon, does that mean an upgraded Stylus from the standard Spherical? .................................................. Decca Maroon from Factory: " $950* The London (Decca) Maroon cartridge is the same ... | |
| Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge OP, I don't mean to insult you, but I am suspecting you are NOT buying those LP's new. More than likely, even if bought new by you (as so many of mine were), they were played with conical and elliptical stylus, and 'stuff' got pressed deep down i... | |
| Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge To explore 'stiffer cantilever/better bass', I bought a Sumiko Talisman S, Line Contact on Sapphire Tube 30dB at 1kHz. Channel balance: 0.5dB, tracking force: 2gm https://www.stereophile.com/content/talisman-s-mc-phono-cartridge Overall, I act... | |
| Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge I only discuss equipment I have had personal experience with. Goldring Eroica LX (low output MC) with Gyger II stylus: My friend owned one, was not set up for MC, so I mounted/played it here. Nice, but we both preferred my AT33PTG/II (what a stu... | |
| Rechecking Cartridge Alignment Stylus Life is subject to many factors, and .... Here's a response in a Ortofon Stylus Life Discussion: "HI All, I have been tracking stylus wear using a stylus microscope for 30 years. I have run two different hi fi repair shops for a tot... | |
| Rechecking Cartridge Alignment Now, and you might want to have the stylus inspected properly via stylus microscope. Nearby dealer? They want to sell you something? Hard to trust. I send my AT MC to AT, trust them to give me trustworthy response. I tried one of the toy usb micro... | |
| Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge OP "I listen to 95% 60’s, 70’s and 80’s Rock and want whatever cartridge I purchase to make the records sound good without excessive surface noise." Where are you getting the LP’s? I had a LOT of LP’s, bought in 60’s; 70’s, 80’s. Then along cam... | |
| Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge crustycoot Does anyone have experience with buying a headshell with pre-aligned cartridge? ......................................... I could not ’trust’ a pre-alignment, I simply couldn’t do it. Not to mention, personally getting it ’right’... | |
| Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge roadcykler OP says using the ZU/Denon sparingly (for 13 years _____?) Using Dynavector for a couple of years. If OP is thinking about a new cartridge, I PRESUME he listens enough to ask for help. Thus I mentioned stylus life, OP knows the answe... | |
| Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge I chose Audio Technica AT33PTG/II https://www.audio-technica.com/en-eu/at33ptg-ii Microlinear on Boron. wider 30db separation; tighter 0.5 channel balance. My experience: stiffer cantilever = better bass. Shure's Beryllium was stiffest, best ba... | |
| Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge If you listen some each week, I suspect you are wearing out your stylus before replacing it. IMO, no matter what cartridge you choose, you ought to get an advanced stylus shape. The ZU Denon is conical "0.2 mm square base diamond, crystal aligne... |