Another favorite cartridge vanishes.. Dynavector 17D3. GONE! replaced..


Got the latest Music Direct catalog today, looked at cartridges. Hmmm no 17D3? instead at nearly twice as expensive 17DX from Dynavector... Tell me NOT SO! Sadly true, the 17D3 is discontinued.                          
Guess what is my favorite cartridge... Yes 17D3. The other is Benz Glider..                         
Just my luck.
elizabeth
@rauliruegas 
I believe that the Kiseki Lapis Lazuli also had a one piece diamond stylus/cantilever. I have one, but my sample was already re-tipped by vdHul when it came in my possession. Despite not being original anymore, it still sounds pretty good!

My only point in mentioning the question of load resistance for the 17D3 was to inform or advise any newbie who may read this thread.  Obviously, real life experience and one's own personal taste and preferences take precedence when it comes to choosing the load resistance.  In fact, there are many cases where end users find that the "best sounding" load resistance for any particular LOMC cartridge is a value less than the theoretical ideal of 10X the internal impedance of the cartridge.  However, when you get down to using a load resistance that is around 2X the DCR of the cartridge, there are some inevitable trade-offs.  Which again is not to say there's anything wrong with that.  I'll keep an open mind when I finally set up my own 17D3.  Elizabeth, I have no idea why this makes you so angry, apparently.
slaw.... It all those buttered cats. When I find a stray, I get out the butter... Thankless task.. I know... But I do what I can for all cats.
It’s not just Audiophile Police....And my posting in high regard.. WHAT!!  no way dude. no way... My head would swell up like a watermelon. I would start telling people how to behave...
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Angry? no anger, just tellin’ folks my little dial is set at 60 ohms. Like I wrote that is the setting I find to sound the best in my system. If you think 100 ohms is written in stone, good for you. I don’t. (the great mystery is how do these gurus know my little knob is even accurate? amazing how omniscient they are?)
As for idiots reading this years from now. Thank goodness they MIGHT actually listen for themselves instead of reading your sermon on the loading has to be 100 ohms.
Actually all you future dummies. never listen for yourselves. Know only what the Gurus of old tell you is allowed, and should forevermore be copied by you future noobs. Remember they know everything, even what your last fart smelled like... And they WILL come back to haunt you if you waver.             
I cannot tell you how many old farts haunt me!