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In Reply to: Moving coil cartridge advice posted by oranda on March 25, 2015 at 17:46:36:
LP Gear has an extraordinary deal on Audio Technica AT-OC9MLIIs for around $325. Audio Technica produces pickups of the highest quality; testing of pickups by Brit rag Hi-Fi News, available at http://milleraudioresearch.com/avtech/index.html, always show AT pickups with top measurements: low distortion, flat response, excellent channel balance, etc. That is not true for many even expensive pickups.
For around 200 more you can get into the OC9/III, which supposedly has slightly fuller low-end response; I love mine. The 33-series is supposed to have a mellower overall profile, but uses a straight elliptical stylus, not as quiet on older records as the OC9's ML-derived styli. My 9/III is extraordinarily quiet on used records.
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- RE: Moving coil cartridge advice - Kristian 08:57:49 03/26/15 (19)
- RE: Moving coil cartridge advice - oranda 08:18:04 03/27/15 (17)
- be careful ... - TBone 08:47:00 03/27/15 (16)
- AT150MLX - morricab 02:25:08 03/28/15 (1)
- I'm a fan of the 140ml ... - TBone 06:17:49 03/28/15 (0)
- RE: be careful ... - oranda 09:30:41 03/27/15 (13)
- just remember, the more aggressive the stylus ... - TBone 09:42:52 03/27/15 (12)
- That's just an old wives tale... - John Elison 12:20:11 03/27/15 (11)
- Interesting observation - Lew 13:52:31 03/27/15 (7)
- link ... - TBone 14:36:11 03/27/15 (0)
- RE: Interesting observation - TBone 14:14:21 03/27/15 (5)
- RE: Interesting observation - Lew 20:04:32 03/28/15 (2)
- RE: Interesting observation - TBone 05:39:04 03/29/15 (1)
- Confirming I am not imagining things... - Lew 10:52:31 03/30/15 (0)
- True story - morricab 02:37:48 03/28/15 (1)
- I can relate ... - TBone 05:46:17 03/28/15 (0)
- certainly not my experience ... - TBone 12:59:24 03/27/15 (2)
- That doesn't surprise me at all. ;-) - John Elison 15:07:39 03/27/15 (1)
- RE: That doesn't surprise me at all. ;-) - TBone 15:44:44 03/27/15 (0)
- The OC9/MLIII is a step down from the II in theory - richardl 11:26:16 03/26/15 (0)