Re: sumiko blue point vs budget MM

Posted by Fred J (A) on August 4, 2005 at 20:22:06

In Reply to: sumiko blue point vs budget MM posted by zarniwoop on August 4, 2005 at 16:02:15:

I had a Blue Point Special I liked it a lot as it was kind of quick
and edgy and made Reggae and Bluegrass etc. sound lively, but the styli went south unusually fast, I was bummed my dealer friend sold me a Dynavector 10 x 5 which is approx the same cost as the new BPS
after the 10 x 5 I'd throw rocks at the BPS, seriously.

I agree with Ray, they hyped the snot out of the BP and BPS they must have gotten a bunch of the magazine hacks blown along with dinners at Spago's and trips to Italy or something, because they were (Sumiko's) listed in every comparison of high value cartridges, got all kinds of press ? but even compared to less expensive Denon's and Ortofon's I think the BP's and BPS's are not exactly a Sterling value(that's about as nice as I can say it ;-)

Why limit yourself to one cartridge anyway ? as long as you are into the more reasonably priced stuff anyway, try a different one periodically and in time you'll develop specific preferences.

Despite their not being exotic or exclusive unobtanium for mere mortals any number of MM's can produce serious musical enchantment
but it depends on your tastes, synergy pos. or neg. with your gear etc. you can replace the Styli when the time comes instead of pitching your $$$ into the shitcan or $$$$ for a re-tip.
Some of the NOS $50 MM's like ADC XLM II's etc. can give a few $400
dollar cartridges a real run for their money.

If you type the name of just about any cartridge into the search/archive box, you'll find numerous threads and easily get a very balanced view of what they do or don't do on what type of gear
and the personalities that like or don't like them and why.
Then you're not completly blind when buying.

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Topic - sumiko blue point vs budget MM - zarniwoop 16:02:15 08/04/05 (14)

thanks, will take that into consideration (nt) - zarniwoop 15:41:19 08/05/05 (0)

go MM, or try the Denons - NuWave 13:55:14 08/05/05 (0)

Re: sumiko blue point vs budget MM - Rob Doorack 05:06:38 08/05/05 (0)

Re: sumiko blue point vs budget MM - Fred J 20:22:06 08/04/05 (1)

Re: sumiko blue point vs budget MM - SteveBrown 05:07:23 08/05/05 (0)

Re: sumiko blue point vs budget MM - anumber1 20:08:40 08/04/05 (0)

Re: sumiko blue point vs budget MM - Ray-o-Stat 17:18:41 08/04/05 (5)

Agreed,my personal experience not to mention they ... - garth 19:40:07 08/04/05 (0)

Re: sumiko blue point vs budget MM - mosin 18:42:11 08/04/05 (3)

Not so fast guys.... - tweakk 18:53:11 08/04/05 (2)

Re: Not so fast guys.... - audiojuan@yahoo.com 22:28:20 08/04/05 (0)

Re: Not so fast guys.... - mosin 18:58:15 08/04/05 (0)

For a budget MC, it's hard to beat the Denon DL-110 or 160. - HenryH 16:50:08 08/04/05 (0)

Re: sumiko blue point vs budget MM - Tabascosauce 16:14:03 08/04/05 (0)

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Re: sumiko blue point vs budget MM - Fred J 20:22:06 08/04/05 (1)

Re: sumiko blue point vs budget MM - SteveBrown 05:07:23 08/05/05 (0)

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