Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Absolutely! I used the Ortofon MC3000 cartridge for many years, replacing it only when my dealer cracked one of the ceramic lugs when mounting it in a new ceramic headshell (he broke the headshell at the same time....) Frank On 17 Jan, 2009, at 14:54, F?elix L?opez de Maturana wrote: >> >> I know most of you will think this high price stuff is a joke, and >> at this price (and actually, looking at the design as a person who >> used to design high end turntables >30 years ago, this particular >> item is a victory for marketing). The most important engineering >> aspects for a turntable to work well are not addressed in this >> design, more a styling/marketing exercise (IMHO). >> It is actually extremely high tech to produce a device to >> transduce records without adding some, or a lot, of non signal >> related vibrations ends up being added to the output by the >> machine. A record playing device which works well is likely to >> cost several orders on magnitude more than any CD player, and is >> probably not worth it........ >> The device I have measured and listened to which is the most >> accurate, the Goldmund Reference was very expensive (not as much >> as this thing though) and made in tiny quantities. >> >> There is a very expensive turntable system which, based on my >> knowledge, probably is the most accurate one available. It >> cleverly addresses all the important requirements I know of. I >> have never seen or listened to one. >> >> http://www.continuumaudiolabs.com/ >> >> but not as pretty. >> FWIW, >> Frank > Frank > > I'm still listening my vinyl records in a Linn Sondek LP12 with a > Link arm and a Ortofon MC3000 moving coil capsule and this equipment > has really, I think, more than thirty years. I only, myself, touch > the records so they are clean and intact. I love this sound however > due to my age I'm loosing my sound perceptivity. This is the same > spirit of Leica gear. And...the sdame efficiency. > > Regards > > Felix > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information