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In Reply to: RE: MM vs MC is MC THAT much better? posted by MannyE on December 29, 2016 at 05:54:12
And its aggravated by the matching problem. In any sort of MM versus MC comparison, all things are NEVER EQUAL! That being said, when I had a lot of money (ahh, I yearn for those long-gone, halcyon days) and could experiment with a lot of different setups, I found I was able to obtain quite a significant improvement in what the golden-ears call "transparency" (I think) and image quality and stability using a good Denon DL-103D (shibata) MC, settling on an expensive (Quicksilver) step-up transformer. This combo versus a variety of pretty good MM's I'd been juggling. THe comparison is bogus, to such a huge degree, because when a Bear shells out $500 for an SUT, he's gonna' hear some damn improvement (the Extra-strength Placeboes! ) and somewhere beyond the point of diminishing returns, surely.
I was convinced enough to try a number of expensive MC's and a variety of step-ups through the ensuing years, you know- The Holy Grail thing. My most recent MC is a Dynavector XX-I and it sounds damn fine through my pretty little Pass Forte preamp- just the right gain. But I am listening exclusively now to an ADC XLM and just enjoying the music from it's juicy, lively little moving magnets!
If I had it to do over again I'd have spent all that moving-coil money on a records, drinkin' and carryin'-on instead of hi-fi gear and just kept my very first cart, an Acutex M-320 III STR (shibata) MM. It was , upon reflection, "GOOD ENOUGH."
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Ok, darn spell check! I should have double checked the subject line as it can not be changed in edit mode.I never see much about these carts. My first real tt had an Acutex cartridge purchased about 1980. I enjoyed its dynamics and very good bass (tight and deep.) I remember my father saying I could go up the line for even better bass, but in my system I thought the cartridge was great. The speakers at the time were built by my father and went well down into the 30Hz range. Classical recordings with a good bass drum were awesome.
Edits: 12/31/16
Love that! More along the way I'm thinking. I figure if I spend 4k for a turntable and another 1k for the cart, I'm pretty much at my "lifetime limit" regardless of financial situation on vinyl equipment spending..
It's about having enough money for records and and the machinery to keep them clean.
I was told when I started with nice little 6v6 amps don't go crazy and try to find the set up that sounds like live music it will never happen. And he was and is right. But it is a good thing I am on the half broke side most of my life, I found that you can get a good sounding unit for a decent price nothing wrong with those that can afford all the expensive gear how else would I learn? I also was told that you can improve the sound of your set up but only by a small degree but a large out put of money one mans experience but a lot of truth in it all. I may not have expressed myself well but I have learned the truth of it all. That said it really is a lot of fun gettting the sound you love for the price you can afford. But what do I know.> > > ? Just that I love the blues and anything on the fringes.
Kindablue
Long ago realised that MM carts were: Plenty Good enough.
Regardless of what Cart OR esoteric Gear.. One STILL plays the same 5$ LP (40$ if silly enough to buy one recently) subject to all the attendant foilbles/failings. Snaps, crackles, continually wearing out grooves etc.
Good enough is actually IMO close to the ragged edge of enjoyable.
One micron further in resolution lops of yet other sizable percentage of "listenable" recordings.
Kinda Borrrring when one is reduced to 6 ? enjoyably playable Lps :-)
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