Exotic cantilever materials - worth it?
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one thing that distinguished the Rowland Complement from the Ikeda 9c was that the RC had 2 neoprene balls acting as "pneumatic" suspension
this was comissioned by Jeff for his particular iteration of the 9c
this was comissioned by Jeff for his particular iteration of the 9c
Short of the all-diamond cantilever/stylus, I will stick with Boron as a cantilever. Ruby/sapphire is next. A great deal of the best carts use boron for its resonance control properties. I have the audiotechnica ML170 for which i bought a NOS ML150 stylus as backup because the boron with sputtered gold of the 170 stylus was not being produced at the time because AT felt that boron was a hazardous material and dangerous to produce.
The 150 cantilever is beryllium and was close in sound but not quite as good. I felt that the $100 i paid was a bargain as the ML150 was also a respected cart.
The 150 cantilever is beryllium and was close in sound but not quite as good. I felt that the $100 i paid was a bargain as the ML150 was also a respected cart.
I think Boron an element, is a better thing to consume, than Beryllium.
20 mule teams cannot be all wrong.
A nostalgic segway somewhat on topic. My first true high end cartridge was a Grace F9E. I remember when I switched to the updated ruby cantilever stylus I was ecstatic with the sound improvement. I missed the lime green stylus though. Back on topic.
Smallest mass yamaha mc 1s beryllium pipe cantilever 0.03 grams. want really hear that cartridge 10hz - 80khz bandwidth supposedly a hit.
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there´s a "new"/Unused one for sale in the US 325USD.....
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Yamaha MC-1s Moving Coil Cartridge
My friend Jack purchased this cartridge in February of 1980 and did not have a head amplifier to support the low output, so I suggested that I could mount the cartridge in my system so that he could listen and see if he like it. We played the cartridge two times for a total of four hours and he...
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Audiotechnica Art one
boron cantilever with diamond coating, first titanium body cartridge more on the analytical side of sound
boron cantilever with diamond coating, first titanium body cartridge more on the analytical side of sound
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winners and losers of the effective tip mass weight race :
(there may be a few missing)
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You are so evil!there´s a "new"/Unused one for sale in the US 325USD.....
Yamaha MC-1s Moving Coil Cartridge
My friend Jack purchased this cartridge in February of 1980 and did not have a head amplifier to support the low output, so I suggested that I could mount the cartridge in my system so that he could listen and see if he like it. We played the cartridge two times for a total of four hours and he...
I almost hit "Buy it now."
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