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Magic Diamond vs Airtight PC1?

In my quest for a new cartridge I seem to be narrowing my choice down to a Magic Diamond vs Airtight PC1. I have not been able to hear either of these so I am looking for any insight anyone can provide. I will be using the cartridge on a VPI TNT IV with an Eminent Technology 2.4 tone arm with the high pressure manifold. I am running dual mono with two Krell KPA Phono preamps. Thank you for any input.
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rushton
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I think slipknot must have a typo in his description. The Magic Diamond is a medium output cartridge and, as I recall from speaking with Lloyd, the output voltage is about 0.36mV.
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slipknot1
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Actually- My post above says 0.38mV, but Rushton's figure may be a little closer to reality.
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rushton
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Slipknot, the 0.6mV typo Ebalog mentions is in your System description under Magic Diamond. And the correct output figure might be 0.38mV -- it's certainly somewhere in that range. I'll check this evening to see if the output figure is printed on the packaging materials anywhere.
slipknot1
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Yeah - that WOULD be a typo :o I'll go away now.......
ebalog
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thank you so much for the clarification! i didn't mean to cause a stir -- just happened to notice the conflicting information in a sparsely-populated "sea" of information about the cartridge.
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