I am thinking to get a second arm for my Luxman PD555 turntable (I already have a Scheu arm and a Mantis MC cartridge) so I thought that an MM cartridge could be a good idea to consider.
The arm in question could be a Jelco 12 incher, I was looking for some recommendations for MM options (Audiotechnica, Supex or Ariston are already in the list).
I am thinking to get a second arm for my Luxman PD555 turntable (I already have a Scheu arm and a Mantis MC cartridge) so I thought that an MM cartridge could be a good idea to consider.
The arm in question could be a Jelco 12 incher, I was looking for some recommendations for MM options (Audiotechnica, Supex or Ariston are already in the list).
There's a long winding thread on MM carts over on Audiogon. I bet you would get some answers there. I only have MC carts so I can't render any opinions.
early last year i needed to get my beater roksan xerxes/rega rb300 running and asked several people whos ears i trust and the goldring 2500 came up a few times. good advice as it is superb...bass slam and dynamics that you dont get with a MC. doesnt have the nth degree of detail and air like a great MC but the backgrounds are so delightfully quiet and dare i say CD-like. for a phono stage I used the chinese knock-off of curl's vendetta and the noise floor at full volume shames any high-gain phono amps ive owned.
early last year i needed to get my beater roksan xerxes/rega rb300 running and asked several people whos ears i trust and the goldring 2500 came up a few times. good advice as it is superb...bass slam and dynamics that you dont get with a MC. doesnt have the nth degree of detail and air like a great MC but the backgrounds are so delightfully quiet and dare i say CD-like. for a phono stage I used the chinese knock-off of curl's vendetta and the noise floor at full volume shames any high-gain phono amps ive owned.
BTW, I think the MCs not having bass slam and dynamics (I'll compare it to tape) is a myth and a product of the days where phono sections didn't have enough gain. Not only that -- so much of dynamics and bass are traceable to the arm and table! Also, don't go mistaking overblown bass for slam
There's a long winding thread on MM carts over on Audiogon. I bet you would get some answers there. I only have MC carts so I can't render any opinions.
yeap, I know Raul pretty well, that thread has almost 5 years old and is un-readable now (many posts, opinions, etc..) - he recommended me the three options I started with, thanks!
early last year i needed to get my beater roksan xerxes/rega rb300 running and asked several people whos ears i trust and the goldring 2500 came up a few times. good advice as it is superb...bass slam and dynamics that you dont get with a MC. doesnt have the nth degree of detail and air like a great MC but the backgrounds are so delightfully quiet and dare i say CD-like. for a phono stage I used the chinese knock-off of curl's vendetta and the noise floor at full volume shames any high-gain phono amps ive owned.
BTW, I think the MCs not having bass slam and dynamics (I'll compare it to tape) is a myth and a product of the days where phono sections didn't have enough gain. Not only that -- so much of dynamics and bass are traceable to the arm and table! Also, don't go mistaking overblown bass for slam
BTW, I think the MCs not having bass slam and dynamics (I'll compare it to tape) is a myth and a product of the days where phono sections didn't have enough gain. Not only that -- so much of dynamics and bass are traceable to the arm and table! Also, don't go mistaking overblown bass for slam
if a myth i probably read it in TAS and you're absolutley right a lot has to do with arm/table compatibilty. it doesnt hurt that a MM output is 6mv, also perfect for running into my marantz 7 phono stage clone. everyone has their favorite test Lp they use when they tweak or setup a 'table, mines the MFSL of little feats waiting for columbus with the goldring mounted in the rega arm on a xerxes 'table the sound was pretty f'n good!