Some people have no idea what they are saying, because an advice for MC cartridge to the newby is nonsense. Then you will have to ship your cartridge back to the manufacturer for rebuild or to get new cartridge with disocount under manufacturer special program.įor an MC cartridge you need a really good MC phono preamp and if anything wrong with cables or phono stage it will be noisy. The life span of an Elliptical tip of any MC cartridge is SHORT! packed securely in a substantial wood box.display-style large removable acrylic dust cover.high quality gold-plated RCA connectors.inverted ceramic main bearing for ultra-quiet operation.33 1/3 and 45 rpm speed change at the touch of a button.exclusive microprocessor electronic speed control with dual motor single flywheel drive system.fully adjustable VTA, azimuth, and dampened arm lift.counterweight’s center of gravity is level with the stylus tip is decoupled from the arm and acts as a resonance damper.tonearm is internally wired with flexible wire drawn from high purity copper with only two contact points from cartridge to output connectors.tonearm uses hardened Swiss ABEC 7 ball races in inverted bearing.one-piece 9cc Evolution carbon fiber tonearm.dual motor and flywheel assembly is located on the center left side of the turntable eliminating all motor and belt vibration from the cartridge.new freestanding and completely isolated motor assembly.music hall’s unique quadruple-plinth design with improved TPE vibration isolation.MUSIC HALL MMF11.3 TURNTABLE – Vinyl Sound
My budget was originally 3000 for the table/cart and pre, but I really like the concept wood ascetically, it would fit nicely in my rustic/industrial decor which has a lot of wood. I know the Concept does not come with a dust cover, no big deal for me, I can always add one down the road. Clearaudio Concept wood with the black satisfy arm and either their Concept MC or Maestro V2 cartridge. The 2 tables that I seem to have gravitated towards are:
I listen to a lot of Jazz - Coltrane, Davis, etc, a lot of modern bluegrass mostly female vocal like Sarah Jarosz, Sierra Hull, Alison Krauss. The only small stack of vinyl I own is what I had as a teen, 80's rock which I may listen to occasionally, but I plan on buying new vinyl. Purist Audio Venustas Luminist Speaker and RCA cables, Shunyata Venom NR V10 power cables Chord Qutest fed with a Shunyata Alpha USB from the Zen Innuos Zen mkIII to stream and play my ripped CD's along with other hi-rez digital I have purchased and some DSD's My System is pretty straight forward digital. I have a dedicated listening room which is pretty big 16 x 25 and 9' ceiling on a concrete slab (i know that helps with turntables) with laminate flooring and area rug. So when I the basement was finished and got setup again it prompted me to get into streaming. Among the many things other things taken, they took a box of my CD's, basically all my SACD's. Shortly after our home was built, but before the basement was finished and the alarm was installed, we had a break in. I had a period of about 8 years where I did not do much with audio as we were moving and building a new home. I am in the process of purchasing my first major analog rig since I was teen back in the 80's.