Glanz moving magnet cartridges

Someone will find my audiophile’s diary in the future world, not sure it will be usefull in the future, but today when Glanz cartridges available online, i believe my information will help someone to make the right choice.

This is (clockwise) Glanz MFG-61, MFG-31L, MFG-61 & 71L, MFG-61

Firs of all this is a proof that Japanese Glanz is the brand of Mitachi Corp. Here is more about MF technology invented and patended by Mitachi.

A lot of technical information in this post, all about rare Glanz Moving Flux phono cartridges (click here for the specs for MFG-51, 31, 11 and on the next page you will find MFG-71L , 71E and 51L ). As you can see the number 61 is missing in the catalog of Glanz products, because this model is completely different stand alone model.

Read about styli profiles for all types of MFG-71, 51, 31, 11
And here is a styli guide by color

This is a separate manual for the Glanz 61. I’ve owned all the best Mitachi MF cartridges, but never seen this manual for 61 until this week (thanks to a fellow collector @florence4 from Connecticut, USA).

Now please looks at the picture with all 3 types of cantilevers the MFG-61 (Boron) is in the middle, between my MFG-31L and MFG-71L. The MFG-61 is clearly the best of them all, simply amazing cartridge. All pictures taken by me here at the Shingaling studio. The rest is in the documents.

More to follow ...

@nandric

Sorry it was a broken link in my previous reply to your statement below, now the link is fixed

So I inspected both styli. The stylus by 71 looks pretty
complex , more like an MC kind then usual MM kinds. The conical cantilever is pretty short with so called ’’one point suspension’’ and
tension wire which can be adjusted with an screw at the end of
the ’’stylus tube’’. The damping rubber is just behind the stylus
such that by increasing tension on the wire one can adjust the
compliance .

So where is the tension wire on this schematic of MFG-71L ?
I can’t see a traditional tension wire that goes in line with the cantilever.
There is nothing like that on Glanz 71L

@lewm 

Chakster, This thread was initiated several years ago by dgob, after he purchased a Glanz G5. Apparently that's a cartridge with an integrated headshell. Apparently also there is at least one other integrated headshell Glanz with a single-digit alphanumberic designation, the G7. How do those units fit into the scheme? Are they in the same ballpark, SQ-wise, as some of the others being discussed here, 5 years later? (Not suggesting the G5 challenges your favorite MFG61; I know nothing about any of them.)

yeah, those Headshell Integrated Glanz models are all have this HUGE tapered cantilever, just like the 71 model. Since the 71L (NOS) was the least impressive to my ears i have never tried G7 or G5. Among the cheaper models Glanz the 31L was the best to my ears, this model is equal to Astatic MF-200 (even the color of the stylus holder and cartridge body).  

Some more nice images of the Rare Japanese Moving Flux cartridges in comparison next to each other to explain the difference in details.

What is important: the higher model number does not supposed to be a better quality cartridge. It's quite opposite, the 61 is better than 71L and everyone should know this.

Here is the Glanz MFG-61 & MFG-71L.

The main difference is cantilever and stylus tip in other words change the cantilever/tip and you will change the sound of your Moving Flux cartridge.

The sound signature of 61 an 71L is completely different.
Now look at on the different cantilevers and styli: 61 & 71L

Boron cantilever (MFG-61) holds a Nude "PH" diamond of a low mass design. This combination of Boron cantilever and low mass stylus on the Gralz 61 creates an ultra low mass system, capable of the finest reproduction from your cherished vinyl. The Glanz 61 is extremely rare and very expensive cartridge from the 80’s.

Glanz MFG-71L with much bigger tapered Aluminum Alloy cantilever represents what is found in cheaper and fairly high quality cartridges. 71L is not as good as the 61, not even close, but it has a Nude Line Contact diamond.

Dear chakster,
''Glanz MFG -71 l (has) much bigger tapered Aluminum alloy 
cantilever ...found in cheaper and fairly high quality cartridges''.
Curious statement but I don't believe that Mitachi would make
such effort for the construction of 71 stilus (in comparison to
31 L) if there was no improvement  in comparison to 31 L which
is much more simple qua construction. I assume that Dgob's G-5
has the same stylus (construction) as 71 l. I never inspected the
G-5 stylus so I have no idea how it looks. My hope was that Dgob
would react to my (and Lew's) request and explain to us why he
''swears'' by those G-5, G-7 kinds? He has the most experience 
with the G-5 and , I assume, prefer this model above all else. 
Alas he seems not to be as ''nice '' as I assumed. Anyway no
reaction at all. 
Now about this ''tension wire''. At the end of the ''stylus tube''
there is an adjustment screw with which the pressure on the
rubber damping can be increased or decreased ''tuning'' this
way the compliance of the cart. I think that Axel used this screw
to fix your ''low rider'' sample. For 60 euro not much work (grin).
If you look better at your User manual you will see this screw
as well damping rubber behind the cantilever. 
By MC kinds the ''rubber ring'' is fastened behind the coils on
the generator. The pressure on this rubber ring can be adjusted
by the tension wire in reverse. When the tension wire need to
be installed back and ''tensioned'' against the rubber ring. 
One can see different screws on the MC generators one of
which need to fasten tension wire at the end of the generator. 
This tension wire divide the moving part(s); stylus , cantilever and coils fastened on the (aluminum) joint pipe and damping which
is fastened behind the coils on the generator. Without tension
wire the front or the moving parts would drop  off.