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If memory serves, the MC 2000 was a cartridge to reckon with. I am searching for info on the MC 200. Was the 2000 a derivative built to a higher quality or is the 200 a totally separate beast.Did a search but can't find any info on the 200.
Would appreciate any comments or links on the MC 200 as I just purchased one NOS.
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mine only works in one chanel, so I can't speak of it's stereo imaging..but played into a single quad esl it took my breath away- it had sense of air and there with strings that was dazzling! and personally I find the 2000 and its variants to morose and arhythmic at times, and certainly overpriced..(but then maybe I have not heard any with the correct impedence or the right speakers /tomearm)
steve
as John Ellison pointed out. The MC 200 came in two models the MC 200 (a P mount cartridge):
and the MC 200U (the standard mount model):
The specs were identical except for the mass:
Output 0.09mv
Freq Response 20Hz - 35kHz
Compliance 13 x 10-6 cm/Dyne
Channel Seperation 25db (at 1kHZ)
Channel Balance 1.5db
Tracking Force 1.2-1.8gm
Fine Line Stylus
Mass 16.5gm (MC 200), 5.3gm (MC 200U)
The MC 2000 was a much better cartridge:
It's specs were:
Output 0.05mv
Freq Response 5Hz-50kHz
Compliance 20 x 10-6 cm/Dyne
Channel Seperation 25db (1kHz)
Channel Balance 1db
Tracking Force 1.2-1.8gm
Symmetrical Line Contact Stylus
Mass 11gm
Ed
We don't shush around here! (Siegfried)
My system
Hi Ed,I didn't remember the MC-200 being such a low output cartridge. It seemed to work just fine with my Yamaha C-2x preamp. In fact the C-2x had connections for two cartridges and I owned two identical turntables at the time. I had my MC-200 in one turntable and my MC-2000 in the other. My MC-200 was plugged into the moving coil section of my C-2x whereas the MC-2000 was connected to a T-2000 transformer, which was connected to the moving magnet section of the C-2x. Both played with very similar, if not identical, volume.
Where did you come by that information about the output level of 0.09-mV for the MC-200? I wish I still had my spec sheet. Perhaps you are correct, but I have a feeling it might have had a bit more output than 0.09-mV.
Anyway, thanks for the information and the pictures. It brings back fond memories. The MC-2000 was one of the finest cartridges ever made, although it was way too compliant. I had mine mounted in a SME Series III with only 4.5-g effective arm mass and its resonance was still just 8-Hz. I guess that's why they came out with the MC-2000 Mk II.
I get the info from so many sources I lose track. If you find out I'm wrong let me know and I'll fix the entry in the Cartridge Database.I can't count the number of times I've received conflicting or just plain wrong info on cartridges. I also get the fun of getting specs without the units the numbers refer to (eg. many times the output voltage is missing the velocity info).
Nonetheless I'm glad you enjoyed the info/photos on the old MCs
Ed
We don't shush around here! (Siegfried)
My system
Appreciate the info Ed.
nt
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Its intended for mounting on the end of a tonearm equiped with a standard headshell socket.Ed
We don't shush around here! (Siegfried)
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i dont have data but i have one and its matching t20. they sold as a pair for about $600 when that was worth twice the current dollar.very nice sounding and it caused my friend to go on and ortofon binge. he started with a mc30IIs, then a rohmann, then a jubilee, and finally the favorite-a Kontrapunkt b.
the Kb is a bargain and has decent output and a smooth but detailed and extended sound. midrange rightness is an ortofon trait.
the mc200 has lowish output but i still love its sound in my system.
the mc2000 is another animal, more like the rohamnn. the 200 and 3000 were harry pearson's faves for a while but then they were 2 and 3K bux each decades ago.
I think you have the MC-200 mixed up with the MC-2000. The MC-2000 was Ortofons top-of-the-line and one of Harry Pearson's favorites. The MC-200 is a little plastic pointed cartridge that looks just like the OM series of moving magnet cartridges, except it is a low-output moving coil. I owned both a MC-200 and a MC-2000. There is no comparison.
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