@theophile Most here are intelligent enough to recognize a typo...but apparently some are not.
Notice That There Are Not Many Survivors of the MC from the early 19080's or so?
Every once in awhile I will see an odd Audioquest 404 for sale. But otherwise not too many cartridges from this generation. I have always wondered about whatever happened to the Sumiko SHO cartridges. Were they the predecessor to the Blue Point or the Blackbird? Always wondered how they sounded, never got to hear one.
I wonder if it is the use of the hollow rod cantilevers that caused them to become lost cartridges. I don't think you could retip them, but the best you could do is trade them in for a discount.
The other cartridge I see from time to time are the Shinon, and every once in a great while I will see one come up for sale. Oh an odd Ortofon or two, and that is about all I remember for this era of moving coils ever coming available.
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@billpete : Is the worst of the 3 LOMC Talisman. The Talisman cartridge motor is something very special and unique. My Talisman comes with the aluminum/magnesium catilever and Shibata III stylus tip, yes second hand. Has an advantage over the others and is that has lower output level that means les coil wire over the signal was developed.
Regarding the Grace Ruby the difference with the F9 is not only the ruby cantilever but in reality Grace modified the cartridge motor in favor of the Ruby with lowe output level than the 9 and this is why is superior. My first Ruby cantilever cartridge was the Dyna 23 and then the Benz Ruby and Supex and was Sounssmith who puts as a fashion Ruby in his designs but nothing more than that. Jonathan Carr ( Lyra designer ) never used ( if I remember ) ruby cantilevers or any other today top quality cartridges. Boron is way superior as are different cantilever blend materials over the ruby that's not big deal.
@neonknight yes that Kiseki is truly good but you need to listen other better LOMC vintage cartridges like the ones coming from Satin, Empire and several others.
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Well, here's a Sumiko Talisman Alchemist that Steve at VAS just rebuilt, made it Low Output:: Sumiko Talisman Alchemist Cartridge - Rebuilt Completely - Has silver coils and boron line contact - 2.8 Ohms, 0.15mV - Tracking force between 1.6 - 2.0 grams - I did the rebuild - No box but will pack it safely.
This similar to what the Transfiguration cartridges would have with pure silver coils and a boron line contact stylus. |
don't need it, OK, but to be clear, both the ones I just posted are LOMC, as is mine, it's Van Den Hul on Sapphire Tube, 0.26mv output. Mine is Talisman S; not an Alchemist, a review https://www.stereophile.com/content/talisman-s-mc-phono-cartridge This Hardness chart indicates Boron is harder than Sapphire, however, a Sapphire TUBE might be stiffer than a Boron ROD. Nobody is making tubes these days. Note: Beryllium, and Beryllium Tube are not on the chart. I have read this about it: "Other high-tech features of the V15VxMR include an ultra-thin (0.0005!9) beryllium Microwall/Be cantilever, patented MASAR polished stylus, and the Side Guard stylus-protection system. According to Shure, the 6.25 stiffness-to-mass ratio of the new cantilever is the highest of any cantilever ever made, and results in outstanding high-frequency tracking. The low-mass Micro-Ridge stylus shape features a very small tracing radius, which reduces distortion; and the MASAR polishing of the contact area results in an ultrasmooth contact surface". |
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