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In Reply to: RE: Once you have the... posted by bill_stevenson@bellsouth.net on December 29, 2016 at 12:28:50:
I agree. MCs are that much more demanding with the quality of the preamps - especially when it comes to noise. When it comes to MMs the higher end Stanton/Pickering models (especially the low impedance models) remain the most neutral and measurably flat responses of all my cartridges. I prefer them and the Shure V15VMR to any of my AT MMs.
It is such a shame that STanton let quality slip drastically in the last couple of decades before they finally closed down the cartridge business.
Using the Stanton/Pickering low impedance cartridges as a comparison to my MCs at a moderate price point, there is little too choose between them sonically (as long as the Stanton styli are properly made and aligned which was the problem in the latter years). The Stanton styli have the edge in terms of tracking ability in many cases - for example an XLZ3500E vs Denon DL301/II, the Pickering out tracks the Denon. My Denon DL304 has a low mass tip and is equivalent in tracking ability. Sonically, I wouldn't be able to tell which was an MM and which was an MC on a blind test.
Regards Anthony
"Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty.." Keats
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