It's not just Shure....
The same can be said about most cartridge manufacturers.....Lyra would be one in particular.
Many say the same about SPUs and Koetsus.
Perhaps the largest manufacturer in the world, Audio Technica, has a distinctive aural 'finger-print' defining its cartridges across hundred of models over 60 years.
'Choice' is the operative word.
Regards
Henry
Is there any point buying the signet without the screw driver?
Audition recordings: Zero Distortion Link; Reference Components: Zero Distortion Link; Own: Lampi GG One-day-to-get: Apogee Scintilla, or a horn (with Tenor 75 OTL), Preamp to be fit in to suit the gain and drive the power amp. Analog: TBD
alrighty then..........i do so prefer MC carts, especially as one ascends the scale in the ortofon line. i had a fave and still wouldn't mind one-Kontrapunkt b which has a ruby cantilever. for about double now as new prices are higher-Cadenza Black with boron (my favorite cantilever material) cantilever.
for now i will make do with my FR1 mkIII and later my new OC9II.
i would like to see a good guide for MMs regarding capacitance and how to arrive at the right one for a given cart. i still have and use a grace F9e, a shure V15Vxmr (NOT my favorite sound which is why i think capacitance could be the problem though many have been happy with an SAS stylus), an AT150 and a 170 stylus, plus a great sounding stanton 881s with a nos stylus that hasn't been mounted.
it is unlikely that i can wear out a stylus.
The next time your up in Birmingham Ked bring your SPU with you and we can compare against my Goldring 1040 I’ve also got a Denon 103 MC
Amplifier - Audio Note Empress Silver mono blocks, Hattor passive pre
Digital - Mac Mini, Lampizator Atlantic Plus
Analogue - Nottingham Analogue TT, Jelco 750D Denon Dl 103, EAR 834P Phono Stage c/w Vintage Telefunken valves.
Speakers - Autotech Horns Mummys
Cables - Western Electric Speaker cables and AudioNote AN-VX Interconnects and also Albedo
I've been curious about MM. Last one I owned was Grado back 30 years ago...
Some MM are getting pricey...any one heard the new Grado Epoch?
http://www.gradolabs.com/cartridges/epoch-cartridge
Speakers: Rockport Altair 2
Pre & Amp: Nagra HD Pre & Amp
Cables: Transparent Magnum Opus on sources, Opus Gen 5 Pre to amps & speaker
Power Transparent Opus, Opus Source Power Cords & Opus Power Isolators
Power Shunyata DPC-6 v2
Digital dCS Vivaldi full stack w/ Transparent Reference XL Digital cables
Phono: Grand Prix Monaco TT, Spiral Groove Centroid, Clearaudio Goldfinger Statement v2, Nagra VPS/VFS/MPS
Racks: Grand Prix Audio Silverstone F1
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