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In Reply to: RE: Silver Cartridge Coils posted by AudioSoul on January 11, 2017 at 19:20:41
The cartridge in question is a Ortofon Silver that comes with the
Pro-Ject The Classic turntable. I am sure it has to be a budget cart. Why would they use a budget cart. with silver coils. Just for hype?
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except the color of the plastic of the stylus holder. It is the same body as the other 2M family members. BTW the bronze does not use bronze wires either.
dee
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Edits: 01/12/17
The cartridge is speced. with silver coils, not just the color of the body.....
please provide a link to that...
dee
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2M Silver phono cartridge is an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) model that takes all the characteristics of the 2M Red. 2M Silver's special feature is pure silver coils. By using silver coils in the generator system, the 2M Silver is capable of providing optimal signal generation - giving your records the best possible chance of sounding great.
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a budget cartridge with silver coils still makes little senee.
dee
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a few high end silver cartridges and i also own a high end empire with silver coils. I never could attribute the "sound" of the cartridge to having silver coils. Having the Empire re-tipped from boron with a VDH stylus to a Soundsmith ruby OLC made a difference in sound but i still cannot "hear" the silver in it. As a matter of fact the Empire is a somewhat "mellow" sounding MC even though it has all the creeds to be very extended on the top. The Win Research SMC-10 is a lot more "bright" or forward and has Cu coils and the same cantilever and stylus.
dee
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True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
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I have owned several ZYX cartridges over the years and i have two Airy 3 of which one was silver coils and the other was Copper. I have heard many prefer the copper, but my ears could not tell the difference. I agree the contacts or solder points are more influential than the coil material. As i reworked my leads on my Maplenoll, i hardwired the leads directly to my Phono preamp thus eliminating several solder points. That had a far greater impact on sound than the copper vs silver coils.
oilmanmojo
Look up the specifications for the Pro-Ject "The Classic Turntable"
the specs for the cartridge are with them...
*sniff* *sniff* What's that smell? It's Marketing BS!! They are targeting the budget end of the audiophile market but trying to add a prestige factor in. "Ooooh SILVER coils ...shiny"!
It's basically a 2M red (therefore bonded elliptical). Any theoretical advantage in the silver conductivity properties is wasted by the limited tracking ability of the bonded tip which makes for a higher tip mass. In other words, the only advantage is that in theory your distortion is more "faithfully" transmitted to the amplifier! lol
Total waste of money IMO. A cartridge is not required to transfer significant current, which is just as well because the DC resistance for MM is comparatively high and designed to match the mechanical system. So the only real parameter of interest is the linearity of the output voltage to the change in magnetic flux. The total power transfer is miniscule given the load and output voltage.
However, let's for one moment accept that the Silver DID make a difference. It's only in the cartridge. What about the tonearm cable...the inline components...PCB tracks....internal speaker wire (Guess what? Even if you use really exotic speaker cable, the internal wiring especially in the value end of the market is very often just plain vanilla hookup wire).
Regards Anthony
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