Lucky cartridge hunting today

teo, get over yourself and stop bleeding.

Yeah, I procured and no i didn't buy them all :-)   I had these before and loved them.  Regretted selling to this day.

I have a Talisman B on an Ittok/Axis and is wonderful.   The Axis with Ittok turned out to be very special.  My older cartridges from that era are just very musical and affordable.  Monster/Spectral/Sumiko.  

The alchemists were still there this am.  Have a IIIs but have not installed.

As far as overseas vendors, waiting for Japan and Asia to open up again for travel. Will purchase as a side benefit. Not so much price, they have everything in stock.  Just like camera gear in Hong Kong.  

Dear @linnlp12  : The Sumiko Talisman design was and is a truly good one with what they patented as Direct Field Focus ( yokeless and only one pole. ).
I owned the 3 models and I still own two of them. All are very good performers and your B ( boron ) one is a keeper sample even for today standards. Good for you.

In the other side the DTI is the best HOMC I listened in my life and a very especial design where its cantilever is coated not with the " humble " gold but with diamond, a keeper too. I let it gone to many years ago.

Both cartridges hard to beat on its overall quality performance levels.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.

Concur on your observations.  Thanks.

Very sad.