travbrow
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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Chakster, the bearings in my 100MKII were original. I sent the counterweight for repair and refill with fluid. Everything inside of the counterweight was fine except the seal. I was out of the hobby for a while and that’s why I sold most of my vin... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Also there’s some interesting new models that aren’t real expensive. The Audiomods is interesting and the MG 1 air bearing caught my eye. Though I’ll probably either build another DIY tonearm or try and find a vintage arm for cheap to restore. I t... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Chakster the bearings were perfect in my 100MKII just that it leaked damping fluid. Got it “repaired” and refilled, It was a great performer but not a huge upgrade over the EPA 500 IMO. I sold it at a high price so it was a good investment. Under ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I’ve owned a few Technics EPA 500 with a variety of arm wands except the one with removable headshell (A250). I’ve also owned the Technics EPA 100MK2. Though the 100MK2 is impressive looking and user friendlier with the removable headshell. They t... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Just another correction regarding Empire 1000ZE/x replacement styli. Empire did in fact change the cantilever design for this. The first originals were nude diamond with a larger cantilever. The later or last version uses a much smaller cantilever... | |
| Tone Arm board material The stuff I used was tan colored “plastic damping sheet” I bought from small parts years ago, which I think is no longer in business. The material was meant for damping of electronic chassis etc. | |
| Tone Arm board material I’ve read that a plain old aluminum/MDF/aluminum “sandwich” has very good damping properties. I’ve made a Lenco based turnable plinth a few years ago from aluminum. It’s two layers of aluminum with a thin layer of damping material in between, I ca... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, I think the 100K recommended is for playing CD4 quad channel records, because of the need to read the highest frequency spectrum for the quad channels. It sounds balanced and extended with 47k with my setup. I could change out the loading r... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? halcro, If the 610LX shares qualities of both high end MM and MC designs it would be impressive. More hours on the Empire 4000DIII and it did improve. The highs are the best I can remember compared to any cartridge I owned. The midrange performanc... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Chakster, I did buy the top model 610LX. The low priced Azzurra looks to be a nice low budget option. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? The Japanese eBay seller just listed “Glanz Astatic MF-100” for $280.00 without box of course. It seems he just randomly list these Glanz/Astatic models one at a time. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? The Shure V15mr models used Beryllium along with a few different Audio Technica models. You all probably know it, but The manufacturer of these beryllium cantilevers stopped production because of the dangerous toxins released when machining. And I... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Bluz Bros supposedly has the JAMO MF-10 Cartridge. It sports a .2 x .7 nude elliptical.looks like the Astatic/Glanz body. Maybe similar to the Astatic MF 300. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Harold, I’d also like to hear your opinion about Astatic 2500 compared to the Glanz 610LX. You really seem to like the Glanz and you recommended I buy it. Since hardly any of us will get to own the Astatic 2500, It be interesting to know how close... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I’d bet the motors are identical design but different coils, cantilever type and suspension plus diamond profile so of could they’ll sound a little different. Go ahead Harold, rip em apart we want to see the different guts of these things. Kiddin... |