As a “collector” of vintage MM and MI cartridges (my wife calls it “hoarding”), and the beginnings of a classic MC collection, I have a few old-timers i’d like to try out, including a Stanton 881s, a Pickering XSV-3000, a B&O MMC2 and SP-12 (w/ sapphire cantilever and Fritz Geiger stylus), and a Sonus Blue Gold(or is it Gold Blue?). I’m going to try the Allaerts (MC-1b) that homesteads the Schroeder Reference (a remarkable synergy there) just to compare, but i have a feeling that it will really like a Monster Sigma Genesis 2000 that i’m having rebuilt.
Thanks to Erik (Solypsa), i’ve had the chance over the last few weeks to listen to the Tedeska, which very well might be the best cartridge i’ve ever heard. If i can stop buying (hoarding) batches of upper-mid-fi vintage carts, i may purchase one, though i also really want to try the DaVa field coil too….
The arm will be the “daily driver” on a new Lenco L75 build, but i will design a mount that lets me easily transfer it to my TD 124.
One day I’ll just stop fiddling and listen.