£500-600 MC suggestions
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Mikeandvan
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Bollocks to expensive carts, I broke a brand new £400 one a few weeks back, hayfever made me drowsy. Now I shall stick to sub £200 ones.
Hi Paul
Replied to your PM , can you let me know if you got it please
eddieedwards
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Ive not had many, but the two I've enjoyed most were a rondo bronze and my current Benz ace sl. Both lovely stepped up x 10.
Lots of people like them, but I didn't really enjoy my zxy.
Lots of people like them, but I didn't really enjoy my zxy.
Elephantears
Trunkated Aesthete
Your Lehman Black Cube SE has options for 100 Ohms and 1KOhm, and nothing in between, from what I can see.
That rules out the Hana low output version, which is 500 Ohms. I would also not recommend a Benz, which although the specs say something like 100Ohms or above recommended, actually sounds much better with a higher loading of about 200-250.
With the standard 100Ohm option, an AT33PTG or EV is going to be hard to beat.
That rules out the Hana low output version, which is 500 Ohms. I would also not recommend a Benz, which although the specs say something like 100Ohms or above recommended, actually sounds much better with a higher loading of about 200-250.
With the standard 100Ohm option, an AT33PTG or EV is going to be hard to beat.
Mike Reed
pfm Member
I like your idea of 'expensive' at £400. Wonder what adjectives you'd ascribe to Transfigurations, Koetsus, upper Benzes and Zyxes, Miyajimas et al.
Mikeandvan
Banned
I like your idea of 'expensive' at £400. Wonder what adjectives you'd ascribe to Transfigurations, Koetsus, upper Benzes and Zyxes, Miyajimas et al.
God knows, £400 for a bit of plastic and needle, what a joke. And so easy to break, my TT cost me less. May'be stick to SHures? I just can't be arsed with using arm lifts, its just not rock & roll!
Elephantears
Trunkated Aesthete
Is anyone listening? His phono stage does not have the appropriate loading, as I said.
The Black Cube SE allows custom loading by simply plugging in a couple of resistors and selecting the "*" setting. I played with various loads before settling on 240k (very nice Charcroft Z-foils) for my OC9 mk3.
Chris
Elephantears
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That's appealing. Are the resistors supplied? If not, where do you source them?
divedeepdog
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I've got Grommets old Benz, its nice but I don't think its's any better than my AT's? Maybe more balanced and better all-round, but it's close.
I've got PTG ii /OC9ii. Art 9 and Decca SG are a step change better but twice the cost ...
I've got PTG ii /OC9ii. Art 9 and Decca SG are a step change better but twice the cost ...
The Benz I've heard don't seem to have the same level of detail retrieval as the AT's Mark, always sounded a bit "thicker" in the midrange to me, nice cartridges but in my system I prefer the AT's.
Yes my AT33PTG/II is here to stay as well - had mine for nearly 2 years and enjoying it so much, can't recommend it enough. I find the presentation essentially neutral, which is what I want. Also like the very low surface noise. I can't find anything I don't like about it actually!