Best MM?

I have a Sonus Blue Gold, acquired NIB in the heyday of Raul's MM/MI thread.  It's the highest compliance cartridge in my collection of vintage MM/MI. Mounted to a TransFi Terminator it was magnificent except for lightness in LF.  I need to try it once more with a Signet XK-50 tonearm.    

The lower frequencies continue to improve as I approach about 20 hours or so.  The sound is addicting from this cartridge.  The naturalness of timbre and overall presentation of music is just great for a cartridge that cost me about 300 bucks.  I have spent more than 2 grand on cartridges that did not give me this much satisfaction.  

" The naturalness of timbre and overall presentation of music is just great for a cartridge"

+1 That is exactly what I like about well designed MM's

My Original ADC XLM  checks in at  65x10 .ONLY suited for back in the day ultra-light arms .

Dear @tzh21y : ADC/Sonus came from the same designer but the latest ADC.

I own and owned almost all Pritchard designs and all are very good but the best of all those is the ADC 26/27.

@schubert  , you can try your XLM with a medium mass tonearm and will " sing ".


@dgarretson  that is a very good tonearm by the AT group, I owned and will match very good your Sonus cartridge.


Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R: