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MM Cartridge or MC Cartridge

I'm embarrassed to say that after owning a ClearAudio Maestro cart for only a month, I had a mishap and damaged the stylus. It's gonna cost $600 to get it replaced. Does anyone have any better suggestions as far as a better cart for the $$, or is this the best for this price range? Also, what are the advantages to a MC cart? I'm just getting back into LP's and have not done the research. Besides, I trust your opinions more than reviews. I will have the opportunity to buy up, so now would be the time to go to a MC cart. Will I have to have a step-up transformer? My phono stage is an Audio Research PH-3 SE.
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waynefia
153 posts
 
"02-18-11: Dougdeacon
Agree with Audiofeil.

In my system, which is optimized for LOMC's, I've yet to hear one which costs less than ~$2K significantly outplay several sub-$200 MMs. An LOMC that costs ~$600 would be a waste of money IME. For the same money I could buy 3 superior MM's or one MM and $400 worth of other goodness."

I'd like to hear a few of those MM you are referring to ?

thanks,

Wayne
inna
5,245 posts
 
Audiofeil, are Audio Note MMs significantly better than Goldrings?
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nandric
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Agree with Audiofeil, Doug and Waynefi. My agreement with
Waynefi imply that the story of Stanwal belongs to the
so called 'propositional attitudes': wishing, dreaming, hope for, etc.

Regards,
waynefia
153 posts
 
What I wanted to hear from DougDeacon was the model MM cartridges he is referring to in his comment, it would be nice to see if there are a few more alternatives.

Wayne
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stanwal
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Nandric, your future is as a stand up comic, not in audio. Well, at least you make me laugh.
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