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Post by MartinT on Jan 6, 2016 10:19:59 GMT
The first of an occasional series to show us what you've got. Rules: it must be your own photo. Fire away! Shelter 5000 |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2016 10:26:48 GMT
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Post by Pinch on Jan 6, 2016 10:49:05 GMT
I have several budget MMs distributed across my TTs, but this one is my favourite (mostly because it's green):  Nagaoka MP-150. |
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 6, 2016 20:10:59 GMT
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Post by ynwan on Jan 6, 2016 20:22:02 GMT
Mine - Black Troika:  |
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Post by julesd68 on Jan 6, 2016 20:27:59 GMT
Garrott P77i - I will have to take one of the 33PTG/II ...  |
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Post by dsjr on Jan 6, 2016 21:17:02 GMT
Still got the Decca, but foolishly sold the turntable and arm for a pittance twenty odd years ago   |
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Post by dsjr on Jan 6, 2016 21:34:23 GMT
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Post by The Brookmeister on Jan 7, 2016 20:42:38 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2016 20:46:38 GMT
Looks like Dave {DSJR} is the only down to earth bloke. nice one Dave..  |
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Post by dsjr on Jan 7, 2016 22:52:31 GMT
Nah, I can't afford bling cartridges and collected the others over forty years...
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Jan 7, 2016 23:03:12 GMT
Jerry, how did you find the Grado cart?
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 8, 2016 6:27:24 GMT
Jerry, how did you find the Grado cart? I didn't like it much. I found it bland and quite tedious. It did a lot of things right (as you would expect at its price) but it just failed to pass on much of the life and energy of the music. It was a pipe&slippers device, which is fine if that's what you want (many do!) but it's not for me. With one notable exception, I'm a moving coil kind of guy. A good'un has that pizzaz and dynamic speed that I seek in spades. Here was the exception ...  It cost me about £10 used on ebay. A cheapo mm, but it sounded remarkably like a decent mc! I was attracted to it by its GAS name - Great American Sound, founded by the legendary James Bongiorno. www.davidsaudio.com/html/great_american_sound__gas__and.htmlThey made some seriously serious amps so I was curious what they did with a mm cart! Sadly, its diamond fractured after a couple of months use and I couldn't source a replacement. I believe it's a rebadged Micro Seiki LF 7E. It sounded damn fine - not quite the energy and speed of a good mc, but interestingly close. |
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Jan 8, 2016 7:44:00 GMT
Thanks Jerry, have thought about trying one, having read they are supposed to be the best of both worlds. Guess not..
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Jan 8, 2016 7:44:50 GMT
Which one was it BTW?
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 8, 2016 7:56:25 GMT
The Grado Master Statement. Love those humble, self-effacing names!  -- yes, I had very high hopes of it. But .... |
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Jan 8, 2016 8:06:11 GMT
Ok thanks, guess I'll give it a miss.
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