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In Reply to: RE: Jeez, John, that link made my eyes glaze over :-) Some specs and questions...... posted by Rick W on September 19, 2014 at 11:39:34
Hey Rick,Feel free to spend all the time you need to look up specs on different cartridges. Then feel free to study electricity and electronics so you won't be so ignorant in the future. Electricity is quite an interesting subject. There is much written about frequency response and phase shift so feel free to knuckle down and dig in. You'll feel much better about yourself and you won't have to second guess whether or not I'm giving you correct information.
Good luck,
John Elison
Edits: 09/19/14Follow Ups:
John I have no intention of getting in a debate with you or anyone else about the merits of moving coils vs. moving magnets. With you, especially, it would be like me bringing a knife to a gun fight.
However, all I can say with any authority is that in my system, in my room, there is something very seductive about the sound of especially some vintage moving magnet cartridges, such as the Grace F9 (which, based on Vinyl Engine specs, goes up pretty high in bandwidth.)
I have, as you know, a DLS1 and it does sound very good indeed, when properly loaded, etc.
But I have, of late, been listening to both the Grace and a Nagaoka MP 500 and the urge to replace either of them with the DLS1 has been so infrequent as to be meaningless.
But it may be that happy listening is because of limitations of my system, or hearing, or both.
And, if I may, I seriously doubt the major manufacturers' seeming lack of interest in further development of the moving magnet is science-driven.
> And, if I may, I seriously doubt the major manufacturers' seeming lack of interest in further development of the moving magnet is science-driven.
What do you think is the reason?
There is more money to be made with moving coils...right now, than with moving magnets.
Sound Smith and Grado, both slightly above "boutique" level companies are the exception, and it is interesting that both seem to have been interested in significant development of moving iron cartridges and not moving coil.
Yes, Ortofon and Clearaudio offer relatively expensive moving magnet cartridges, but Clearaudio is said by many apparently knowledgeable folks to buy their generator assemblies from a large Japanese manufacturer.
One would assume the big outfits' marketing folks are watching Sound Smith's sales with some interest.
So, the short answer is the lack of development among the big boys is market driven.
Hey John, feel free to study music and learn how to play several instruments so you won't be so ignorant about what you're listening to on your Tech. 1200. Music is actually quite an interesting subject. Who knows, your ears might eventually develop.
Thanks, Rick.
I have studied music and I am a musician although I haven't played in years. You're definitely right that music is an interesting subject. I certainly hope my ears don't develop to the extent of yours because I don't own any moving magnet cartridges.
Best regards,
John Elison
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