B+O MMC2 cartridge What line grade was it,any good

The MMC2 was B&O's second best cartridge. It is essentially the same as their top-line cartridge (MMC1) except it did not fall within certain test parameters when tested by B&O.

These are very good cartridges, and not generally found on an RX2, they usually came with the MMC3/MMC4/MMC5.

It is a "contact-line" stylus with a beryllium cantilever.

The cartridge can be removed from the tonearm by gently holding the tonearm with one hand and using the other hand to pull/wiggle the cartridge off the arm.

I have a B&O BG9000 which is their top-pline turntable (tangential tracker) and both MMC2 and MMC1 cartridges. The MMC2 sells for about $400-500 now abd the MMC1 can be found for $750+

You should have the cartridge inspected under a microscope. If the stylus is good, you snagged a pretty nice piece. You could really do that cartridge justice by finding one of B&O's tangential tracking turntables to use it on.

Contact me offline if you need/want more info...

-RW- (rlwainwright AT gmail DOT com)

MMC2 has sapphire tube cantilever

Siniy123 is correct, my bad, thanks for the correction. Both the MMC1 and MMC2 have the same cantilever.

-RW-

Many thanks for the info.Would you believe this was going to be thrownout.I wanted to put a bid on it,tried it but it wouldn't stay running,when to pick a couple records I won at auction and they asked if I wanted it before they throw it out.I would like to try that cartridge on a better table.Got it home and found it needs a record on platter to run.

The web address in the second response is www.sound-smith.com. You can also get a replacement belt from Bob at Vintage Electronics in Kentucky at www.vintage-electronics.cc/ , which might be advisable. You can also find the original manual online (or maybe from Bob also). I have had an RX2 since 1985, but it went unused for most of the past 20 years. I resurrected it recently and replaced an MMC3 with a Soundsmith SMMC1. The old B&O carts will deteriorate with age even unused; my old MMC3 yielded a grainy sound and did not track properly - it did not do this when I last had an episode of using it 10 years ago. An advantage of the SMMC1 is that you can purchase an adaptor to fit it to other tone arms if you decide not to use the B&O or if you have another table, which is my plan.