I agree it's a great cartridge, however it's much higher weight makes it incompatible with my tone arm.
Wow didn't know it's a heavy weight contender. Is it that much heavier than your Ruby?
I agree it's a great cartridge, however it's much higher weight makes it incompatible with my tone arm.
Wow didn't know it's a heavy weight contender. Is it that much heavier than your Ruby?
Yes, the Benz LP S-Class weighes in at 16 grams, while my Benz Ruby Zebra Wood comes in a 9.6 grams. Here is a link to the Benz Cartridge Line specifications.... http://www.musicalsurroundings.com/cartr.html
rockitman,
Look forward to hearing your impressions of the cartridge when you get time.
Ordered a Gullwing to try. Should have it in a week or so.
High output or lower? Look forward to you impressions--thinking of pulling the trigger for one myself. I would need the higher output version for my phono stage.
Hi trh8654:
Did you buy the Gullwing? Any comments on its preformance would be appreciated. I am about to pull the trigger on a high output one.
Very disappointed guys. E-mailed a local dealer today to order my Gullwing he replied that "the supply of Benz cartridges is stalled, this situation has been for 9 months if not longer, so your choice would be to look at another brand such as Clearaudio or Dynavector, etc or wait a little longer to see what will happen? Sorry."
This is the first I have heard of this. Is this only in Canada or is it universal? Man am I pissed. Took me months to pull the trigger and now this. What am I supposed to do now? I need a great sounding moving coil with over .5mv of output (.7 or .8 or more would be better) . Re-tipping my M2 with Soundsmith will take months.
Anyone know a retailer with high output Gullwings in stock?
Its in USA too. I see that Music Direct is out of all Benz stock. I have had the Gullwing on for a couple months and consider it better than others in its price range I have or have had here.
When I enquired at NeedleDoctor about Gullwing and Ebony High output got this response:
"Hey David: We don't have them, sorry. It has been really tough for us to obtain Benz cartridges lately."
Hard to believe a major player in the high end cartridge world seems to be out of the market.
Can anyone suggest a cartridge that meets the following criteria:
1. Output at least .5mv (.7ma+ would be better)
2. Sounds good loaded at 47k ohms
3. Sound at least as good as my current Benz M2 woodbody
Does the Lyra Delos meet the above criteria?
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