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From: oleg@birtch.UUCP (Oleg Kiselev x258)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: My damn (new) cartridge don`t work! Was it something that I said?
Message-ID: <150@birtch.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 7-Oct-85 16:38:28 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  7 16:38:28 1985
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In article <197@mmm.UUCP> Steve Schley writes :
> In article <474@aero.ARPA> cline@aero.UUCP (Ken Cline) writes:
> >None of my audiophile friends, or salesmen in better stores like Sure
> >cartridges.  When one customer complained about his $700 koetsu mistracking,
> >the salesman replied, with obvious sarcasm, "You could have bough a Sure."
> My point is not that the Shure is the best.  I'm merely saying that
> these cartridges deserve more attention than they get among high-enders.
> 	ihnp4!mmm!schley

A non-commercial public-interest radio station KPFK in LA has a very 
interesting show called "In Fidelity" dedicated to audio-file and 
music-lover audience. The hosts of the show are VERY biased: they DON'T
like CDs, they DO prefer tubes, they think little of oriental-made
equipment ( exept Nakamichi and the likes, that is)....

Their advice about turntables/tonearms/cartriges was :
	the most important parts of the record player are a well insulated
	amd well mounted turntable, a well aligned and properly rigid 
	tonearm, and a well shielded connectors. The cartridge is LESS
	important! Any non-trash, induction based (moving coil or 
	moving core ) cartridge ( even a $30 one) will provide a good
	reproduction...

While I agree that the tonearm and turntable are most important,
I have to point out that *I* can hear a distinct difference between
the sound of $30 30-18000Hz cartridge and $120 10-24000Hz one. Sorry
I've never heard the $5000 cartridge, so don't know how different
*it* sounds....