Glanz moving magnet cartridges

You called Nikola?
I am happy to say that I am well but puzzled slightly about your reference to those who do not own tonearms with detachable headshells?
You are surely not one of those........?! :^)
With regard to cartridges with integrated headshells.......I tend to agree with Dgob.
It would seem impertinent to assume that the manufacturers did not conduct a thorough testing procedure to determine the best possible results in their integrated designs?
It would be hard to imagine the 'improvements' bestowed upon the legendary Fidelity Research FR-7 series of cartridges were they to be stripped of their integrated headshells?
But perhaps others know better?

How goes it with you Nikola?.........do you ever see yourself mounting your 'perfect' silver wired FR-64s tonearm?
It would be interesting to compare it to your Reed.....no?

Cheers

Dear Henry, My arguments are 'in general', not reduced to
my subjective feelings and interest. Add to that the Balkan inclination to try to be funny at whatever cost. Btw I used the phylosophical way of speaking to explain my intentions: 'for the sake of argument'. You don't actually mean to refer to me in this context but to somebody else. Some Mexican perhaps? Ie I never stated anything against the 'integrated carts' but only considered possible problems by those who don't own tonearm(s) with
removable headshell ( I am a lawyer you know). I even provided Dgob with this strong argument for the 'integrated case '( 100% pure silver wire + gold coating). However you should also know that you can't use your beloved + upgraded FR 7 in some other, possible better headshell. I assume, but I may be wrong, that you deed not buy those 33 separate headshells for the esthetical reasons only? Not to mention rubber or metal rings for all the headshells which seem to add some extra 'finnesse' to the 'extracted'sound.
Glad to see your post of course but do we need to force you to contribute?

Regards,

Hi Nandric,

Apologies if I missed the humour although I did sense that some of your comments were very much tongue in cheek. I also wholly accept your point that these cartridges are dependent on any buyer having or obtaining tonearms that accept universal headshells. It is/was not my intention to exclude anyone from my debate. Hoever, for those who have such armwands or might consider obtaining one, I still hope that some of the information that arises (and that will continue to rise in the future!) on this thread will prove useful.

As always...

Hi Nandric,

Just to add that I have not stated that these Glanz are "the best": I still lean towards the Technics when giving out such meaningless accolades. In this sense I suppose my reflections have helped me mature to the point where I now appreciate the view of Siniy123 and Jcarr who have both suggested to me that "there is NO perfect cartridge". They all make compromises due to natural mechanical limitations and the nature of the tasks that they are being asked to perform.

However, as I hope has emerged through this thread, I do think that they are "great" cartridges that have largely been overlooked. This fact and my own fascination with their unexpected performance has driven this thread. That is why I baulk at the blind dismissal and its potential to deter others from trying them out (should the opportunity arise). That's all.

As always...

Dear Dgob, Anyway no reason anymore to feel lonely. You
even got support from Australia. I was puzzled with the fact that the Glanz carts are so rare on the German ebay. My 'primary source'. Even thought that Glanz is not an German brand at all. But the fact that Glanz was established in the 80is may explain why. By lack of the more precise info I intend to look for the 71 L. Assuming
at least the 'similarity' with the Astatic MF 200. I agree with Raul that this one is relly, say, 'special'. As you can see I am not (anymore)so sure about the identity issue.

Regards,

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