USNRET Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 (edited) Not really an Alert since I was just interested if anyone had ever used/heard these?http://app.audiogon.com/listings/cartridges-klipsch-mcz-10-ruby-moving-coil-cartridge-in-factory-box-2015-04-25-analog-80020-broomfield-co Edited April 29, 2015 by USNRET 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Klipsch actually designed cartridges same time he was starting on horns. I've always wanted one of them. Love this bit of marketing. http://www.itishifi.com/2013/11/pwk-and-hiroaki-hibino-phono-cartridges.html http://www.itishifi.com/2010/10/klipsch-mcz-phono-cartridges.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDBRbuilder Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Klipsch actually designed cartridges same time he was starting on horns. I've always wanted one of them. Love this bit of marketing. http://www.itishifi.com/2013/11/pwk-and-hiroaki-hibino-phono-cartridges.html http://www.itishifi.com/2010/10/klipsch-mcz-phono-cartridges.html PWK had nothing to do with the design of those cartridges, but the company DID market them for a few years...I was there for the few years they marketed them...but they were exceptionally expensive...and I was already running a JVC 4MD-20X (made by Audio-Technica for marketing by JVC)on my turntable, and it wasn't any slouch of a cartridge, plus was a CD-4 cartridge with Shibata nude diamond stylus...yes, I had (and STILL have) CD-4 (Discrete) records. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Klipsch actually designed cartridges same time he was starting on horns. I've always wanted one of them. Love this bit of marketing. http://www.itishifi.com/2013/11/pwk-and-hiroaki-hibino-phono-cartridges.html http://www.itishifi.com/2010/10/klipsch-mcz-phono-cartridges.html PWK had nothing to do with the design of those cartridges, but the company DID market them for a few years...I was there for the few years they marketed them...but they were exceptionally expensive...and I was already running a JVC 4MD-20X (made by Audio-Technica for marketing by JVC)on my turntable, and it wasn't any slouch of a cartridge, plus was a CD-4 cartridge with Shibata nude diamond stylus...yes, I had (and STILL have) CD-4 (Discrete) records. True and the marketing does mention who designed the cartridges. Did you see the elusive Klipsch branded turntable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyrc Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Pro Audio in Oakland had the Klipsch cartridges in -- gosh, I guess it was the '70s. One was "Zingier" than the other. It had a slow climb from about 10 K to the top (20 K ??). It complemented the K77 tweeter in the Klipschorn, La Scala, Belle, and, at the time, the Cornwall and the Heresy. They sounded great with Khorns at Pro Audio! I've always loved moving coil designs. A very similar cartridge, made by the same company, was marketed under a different trade name. A frequency response curve in one of the magazines showed a nearly 5 dB increase above 10K. Interesting that all these years later, Audyssey boosts my K77Fs in my Khorns and Belle by 5 to 6 dB above 10 K (the room response, slightly off axis, comes out +1 dB at 10 K, virtually flat at 12K, and -2 dB at 16 K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Ive always wanted one as an oddity... I doubt I would ever use it in my system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mike Bell Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 (edited) I have a Klipsch Boron MC cartridge had it rebuilt when I heard that cartridge production was halting. I use it on a Denon DP 3500 Turntable with SME 3 arm Phase Linear amps 3 700B, 2 D500 II Yamaha 9-2 Theater Preamp. Speakers 4 1974 K Horns, 4 1977 Industrial La Scala surrounds , an Industrial Heresy Center, and an 18” Behringer Sub. I find the cartridge too brassy for classical passages, but for rock and electronica, there is no equal. Edited August 2, 2021 by Mike Bell Misspelling 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 5 minutes ago, Mike Bell said: I have a Klipsch Boron MC cartridge had it rebuilt when I heard that cartridge production was halting. I use it on a Denon DP 3500 Turntable with SME 3 arm Phase Linear amps 3 700B, 2 D500 II Yamaha 9-2 Theater Preamp. Speakers 4 1974 K Horns, 3 Industrial La Scalas surrounds , Industrial Heresy Center, and an 18” Behringer Sub. I find the cartridge too brassy for classical passages, but for rock and electronica, there is no equal. Welcome to the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Bell Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 6 hours ago, billybob said: Welcome to the forum! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Bell Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Thanks didn’t know there was such, but glad I’m here. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JohnJ Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Interesting old thread! @seti I'll expand your link a little to that great writeup/advertisement https://www.itishifi.com/archives//2013/11/pwk-and-hiroaki-hibino-phono-cartridges.html?rq=pwk and hiroaki hibino Boron was new to being used as cantilevers then? It works very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 19 minutes ago, JohnJ said: Interesting old thread! @seti I'll expand your link a little to that great writeup/advertisement https://www.itishifi.com/archives//2013/11/pwk-and-hiroaki-hibino-phono-cartridges.html?rq=pwk and hiroaki hibino Boron was new to being used as cantilevers then? It works very well. I actually have a Klipsch cartridge on my backup turntable a Braun PS600. I have a second cart and it is on its way to be rebuilt. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroMara Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 On 5/14/2015 at 4:14 PM, seti said: Did you see the exclusive Klipsch branded turntable? The Klipsch designed TT is manufactured by Pro-Ject in Austria with a wallnut chassis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroMara Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 1 hour ago, JohnJ said: Boron was new to being used as cantilevers then? Boron belongs to the rare earth elements and is an ideally suited material for the production of needle carriers. High stiffness is achieved at a particularly low density. The speed of sound propagation exceeds that of aluminum by about 2.6 times! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 (edited) My last two carts an MM and then a much better MC use it! *Bleh... I hate ort ellipticals heard one and sold it the same week. Edited August 4, 2021 by JohnJ * 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artto Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 On 5/16/2015 at 5:29 PM, garyrc said: Pro Audio in Oakland had the Klipsch cartridges in -- gosh, I guess it was the '70s. One was "Zingier" than the other. It had a slow climb from about 10 K to the top (20 K ??). It complemented the K77 tweeter in the Klipschorn, La Scala, Belle, and, at the time, the Cornwall and the Heresy. They sounded great with Khorns at Pro Audio! I've always loved moving coil designs. A very similar cartridge, made by the same company, was marketed under a different trade name. A frequency response curve in one of the magazines showed a nearly 5 dB increase above 10K. Interesting that all these years later, Audyssey boosts my K77Fs in my Khorns and Belle by 5 to 6 dB above 10 K (the room response, slightly off axis, comes out +1 dB at 10 K, virtually flat at 12K, and -2 dB at 16 K. I believe those same cartridge were made for Mark Levinson. About this same time Klipsch was showing up at trade shows using Levinson amplification. Related story: At a CES show I was in the Levinson room talking with Levinson's national sales rep. He asks what speakers I'm using and I sheepishly replied "Klipschorns". (Klipschorns were very un-audiophile at the time). The Rep smiles and says "Mark grew up listening to Klipschorns. His father had them." And then he says "The ML-2 was designed with two speakers in mind, Quad ESL and Klipschorns". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 On 8/6/2021 at 12:25 PM, artto said: I believe those same cartridge were made for Mark Levinson. About this same time Klipsch was showing up at trade shows using Levinson amplification. Related story: At a CES show I was in the Levinson room talking with Levinson's national sales rep. He asks what speakers I'm using and I sheepishly replied "Klipschorns". (Klipschorns were very un-audiophile at the time). The Rep smiles and says "Mark grew up listening to Klipschorns. His father had them." And then he says "The ML-2 was designed with two speakers in mind, Quad ESL and Klipschorns". Very cool story... Levinson comments on Khorns are in several articles. Good stuff. The Klipsch cartridge was also under the brand Zenn. I have never seen the diamond cartridge nor has anyone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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