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In Reply to: RE: MM cartridge closest to sound and tracking of a Denon DL301MKII posted by John Elison on September 28, 2015 at 09:58:15
No need to get dismissive John. I've read enough in the turntable forums online over the years to know there are those who consider MMs to be superior to MCs. Obviously you don't agree, and that's certainly your right, but your message comes across almost as if you feel anyone running a MM cartridge is an imbecile!
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To John's other point, is the DL301 MkII no longer available? (I'm just wondering why you are asking for a cartridge that "sounds like" the DL301 MkII, rather than aiming to buy another sample of the same cartridge. Possibly you want to experience a subtle variation on that theme.)
No it's still available from online dealers. I'm mostly curious to get some thoughts on MMs that have a similar sound or "voicing." I don't think it's necessarily an MC thing. The only MC I've owned is an AT-OC9MLII, which sounded very much like the AT150MLX MM I had about 7 years ago. both my ATs were brighter than I liked, with a metallic sort of quality to the highs that I found fatiguing (even after I tweaked the loading resistance and capacitance in the case of the 150MLX). All three Ortofons I've owned (OM20, 2M Bronze, 2M Black) seemed a bit brash in one way or another and none of them tracked sibilants as well as the Denon To be fair, when I owned the OM20, I wasn't meticulous about alignment and only used that dinky cardboard protractor that comes with Pro-Ject turntables and doesn't seem to match any alignment known to mankind!
Garvin....if the Ortofon Black didn't track well, you set it up wrong...or have it in a poor arm. I know the Black and although it has some faults, poor tracking isn't one of them.
I've no experience with those particular Ortofon models, but the ones I have heard in my own system (MC7500 and MC2000) tend to be quite neutral, not at all "brash". The Nagaoka mentioned by daleda does indeed get a lot of favorable mention. Don't know whether it sounds like your Denon, but by all accounts it sounds "good". In guessing what low cost MM might sound like your Denon, I also think of certain Grado models or even a low cost SoundSmith MI type, which might in fact be superior. My own bias is that both LOMCs and MMs are preferable to an HOMC, as a class, but that's just me.
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