MicroMara Posted September 25, 2022 Author Share Posted September 25, 2022 @Full Range Congrats for this famouse cartridge , I knew that it exsists but never seen it somewhere . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroMara Posted September 25, 2022 Author Share Posted September 25, 2022 Well maybe it makes sense to show my Vintage Cartridges here as well , as it fits into this thread, where I´m the author. There´re enought vinyl starters here that haven´t any idea about vintage Pick-Ups. Moving Iron / Moving Magnet Carts got a more or less bad reputation as entry Pick-Ups in this modern Audio World where Moving Coils are allways better and leading in the market. That is an typical sole agent answer if you ask about the difference between MI / MM / MC Carts. Nonsense imho ! If someone from you guys here is looking for a fair priced and really good sounding MI or MM have a look at these, before buying a new model which is more expansive , just to make the sole agent´s vallet bigger 😂 These are the cartridges for the through modified SME 3009 tonearm , under all headshells ( all with new OFC headshell wiring ) there are teak spacers to optimize the precision of scanning From right to left : ADC XLM MKII / Goldring G 900 SE / Goldring IGC 920 / Sonus GoldBlue . All needles are absolutely as new with less than 50 hours of operation. Here are the cartridges for the modified MA 505 MK II tonearm on original Micro Seiki headshells with new OFC headshell wiring. From right to left : Audio Technica AT20SLA / Grado Prestige Gold II / Osawa 301 / Nagaoka OS 300 MP , ditto here the operating hours The ADC QLM 30 MK III Grado Reference Platinium Wood Stanton 681 EEE NoS and not used up to now Super rare in the market ADC XLM MKIV Nos and still in the box with the famouse " Pathemax Needle ( modified Shibata Grind ) The Audio Technica AT 7 V and ADC XML MK III are currently in use. I'm just about to break in the new needles. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full Range Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Photos of a recent induction to the cartridge collection WOS - CS100 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroMara Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 @Full Range can you tell us something about the Cartridge Manufacturer Garrot Brothers from Australia ? Found this one today in a sec. hand audio market . It´s a Optim FGS Moving Magnet Pick Up 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full Range Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 2 hours ago, MicroMara said: @Full Range can you tell us something about the Cartridge Manufacturer Garrot Brothers from Australia ? Found this one today in a sec. hand audio market . It´s a Optim FGS Moving Magnet Pick Up It’s a well respected company that was started by 2 brothers I have heard one in a friends system Fantastic cartridge, from my memory of that day, it reproduces everything with finesse and realness Would I own one - yes I would if I did not have so many other carts in the collection And that cartridge sells for over $1000 retail and on special / made to order 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the real Duke Spinner Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 I thought my Stanton 681 ... was the king. 🙄 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 2 hours ago, the real Duke Spinner said: I thought my Stanton 681 ... was the king. 🙄 I used Stanton 681 EEEs in the turntables in my mobile DJ business in the 70s. They were excellent cartridges that tolerated back cuing. When I put the system together I bought pair of spare styli, which I never needed. Now I use a Denon DL-110 MC cartridge to rip vinyl to digital. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroMara Posted December 20, 2022 Author Share Posted December 20, 2022 6 hours ago, DizRotus said: I used Stanton 681 EEEs in the turntables in my mobile DJ business in the 70s. They were excellent cartridges that tolerated back cuing. When I put the system together I bought pair of spare styli, which I never needed. Yes Sir ! I used them as well in my dj area till the late 1980´s , back cuing was important for the into the beat mixing ( beats per minute ) as well as for scratching they were good . Mine ist still unused and mint in the origin Stanton woodcase. The rubber sleeve for the needle carrier is not hardened . I soak all rubber cuffs with fabric softener , so they remain supple , do not harden and also do not become porous 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MicroMara Posted December 29, 2022 Author Share Posted December 29, 2022 Discovered a very beautiful and rare Thorens S 15 Supraphone TT from the 1960´s . Has been fully re-designed according to our todays standards 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroMara Posted January 29, 2023 Author Share Posted January 29, 2023 Some news about a Cartridge Break In Record , it shall reduce the break in time for new cartridges . I ordered one today to find out if and how it works. As I have lot´s of Pick-Ups which aren´t used so much I thought than a good idea . Here´s the explanation ........ Clearaudio Cartridge "Break In" Test Record Pimp your turntable - with the Clearaudio Cartridge "Break In" Test Record you have for the first time the possibility to perfectly calibrate, adjust and quickly record the system of your turntable. Whether pink noise or various test signals - the calibration LP offers everything the analog heart needs for the optimal adjustment of the entire system. A pickup system needs a certain play-in time to achieve the best playback characteristics. This break-in time depends on the particular cartridge design and on the sampled signals during this time. As a rule/usual, this play-in time of a cartridge with a music signal is about 40 to 100 hours. However, this break-in time can be shortened considerably by using a pink noise in an endless groove as the signal for breaking in a pickup. Now tedious recording is a thing of the past. For this purpose we have provided a total of 6 endless grooves with pink noise signal on our "Cartridge Break In Record" (tracks 5,6,7,9,10 and 11). In addition, 240 seconds of pink noise signals were provided for measurements of the entire playback system (track 14). A sliding (sweep) sine test signal from 20 Hz to 20 kHz is used to test the frequency response of a pickup (Track 3). The total noise of the playback system can be tested with an empty groove without signal " silence" (track 4 and 13) (duration 300 seconds). Optimization of the antiskating force setting allows tracks 8 and 12. Both channels contain a 316 Hz sine signal with continuously changing phase difference from 0 to 360 degrees. In this way, the scanning diamond motion repeatedly changes from horizontal to vertical motion. The amplitude increases from -22 dB to + 8dB, corresponding to a maximum speed of 9.81 cm/s or an amplitude of 5o µm peak horizontally or vertically. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroMara Posted May 4, 2023 Author Share Posted May 4, 2023 Thorens will launche their new reference TT in Munich this month , got a pic to show you ,looks like a spaceship 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanksjim1 Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 On 12/19/2022 at 12:25 PM, MicroMara said: can you tell us something about the Cartridge Manufacturer Garrot Brothers from Australia ? They are also very well known for their modifications to the Decca cartridges: https://www.kenkessler.com/hi-fi/garrott-decca-cartridge/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1291 Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 @Full Range ^^^^^^ 1983 article. How's it lookin today down under? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full Range Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 3 hours ago, Dave1291 said: @Full Range ^^^^^^ 1983 article. How's it lookin today down under? Autumn’s here and it’s a nice change Read that article many many years ago See my reply under hanks quote 🤪 3 hours ago, hanksjim1 said: They are also very well known for their modifications to the Decca cartridges: https://www.kenkessler.com/hi-fi/garrott-decca-cartridge/ I own one of those DECCA Gold cartridges that has been modified by Garrott Brothers Think it’s kinda rare these days 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full Range Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 6 hours ago, Full Range said: I own one of those DECCA Gold cartridges that has been modified by Garrott Brothers Think it’s kinda rare these days Here it is You can just see the Garrott sticker on the front of the cartridge from this old photo 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroMara Posted May 7, 2023 Author Share Posted May 7, 2023 so guys ..the price for the new thorens " reference " is about 64K€ , attached the actual pdf from thorens germany , please reduce the size to read the english text as well https://thorens.com/images/presse/reference/Reference_Brochure_05_2023.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCG Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 On 1/20/2021 at 7:55 AM, MicroMara said: Due to a current discussion about the adjustment of pickups I add this video to this thread. Possibly for one or the other of interest This is a great video. It makes alot of sense. Will watch tonight. Thank you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroMara Posted August 29 Author Share Posted August 29 Any new developments that might will cause the attention for vinyl lovers ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroMara Posted September 6 Author Share Posted September 6 Well Vinyl Lovers ...we talked about so much tt related technical stuff but nobody mentioned the famouse american brand SHURE here. SHURE is still alive , the carts are still popular around the globe , you still can buy all spare parts all over the world as well as finest JICO SAS Needles from Japan . The range of SHURE Carts contains their studio carts Model SC93 ED, M91ED, M95ED,M95G, D105E especially for Dual tt´s , V15-III, V15 IV , V ST-V, M44-E, M44-7 and the legendary M75-6S later called M75 MG Type 2 . Last mentioned M75-6S / M75 MG Type 2 ....my personal opinion as follows : The shure system par excellence! With the original needles (round needles also Cleorec) one of the best budget systems ever built. It was not for nothing that all youth rooms and discos in the 60s and 70s were equipped with it. It wasn't exactly cheap to buy when it was still alive. Whoever mounts it today should make sure that it is a 15° system, like all Shure of this age. It therefore works great on all changers with 24° geometry. Then it plays with a lot of pressure and dynamics a very dry overtone bass with good resolution also in the high frequencies, and shows why it was the standard system in discotheques for years. It has this fascinating Shure “presence drive”, this fantastically good midrange resolution, combined with extremely good dynamics. With the ED version, there is not much missing to reach the absolute top league. Equipped with a JICO SAS one of the best Moving Magnet Carts ever built. But even with the Super Track Neddle is it playing near by the SAS Version. I own two ...M75MG Type 2 with Super Track and an origin 15 degree NoS M75-6S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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