@larryi hey, i tried to find a good working sample of
Victor MC-1 since i missed a bunch of them doscovered by my friend on Gran Canaria Island in NOS condition in original boxes about 7 years ago. His price was ridiculously low, but at that time i could not find any information about that rare Victor cartridge until he sold all of them.
Now i have working MC-1 and finally managed to get an
MC-L10 (NOS) which seem to be the most balanced out of 3 of them (the
MC-L1000 was next). The price for all those Victor
Direct Coupled cartridges dramatically increased after Audio-Technica made their ART-1000.
I’ve never tried the ART-1000 and its price tag is much higher than i currently pay for cartridges. So i study this method with Victor MC-1 and MC-L10.