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Ammonite Audio
12-05-2016, 17:17
http://www.theaudiophileman.com/#!about1/ci3v

This is a truly different take on moving coil cartridge design! The coils mounted on the cantilever directly above the stylus look a bit vulnerable, but I applaud AT for doing something different to almost everyone else. Of course, Miyajima do moving coil cartridges differently too, but pretty much everyone else remains bound by convention.

https://static.wixstatic.com/media/01f228_829a6775942e4d15829d01caa6cabd94.jpg/v1/fill/w_758,h_552,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/01f228_829a6775942e4d15829d01caa6cabd94.jpg
RobbieGong
12-05-2016, 17:28
Looks the part. At £4.1K, What other very high end carts would it be competing against for comparison ? Ortofon Anna ? and so on ......
Jimbo
12-05-2016, 19:28
Looks the part. At £4.1K, What other very high end carts would it be competing against for comparison ? Ortofon Anna ? and so on ......

You would be surprised how many cartridges are priced up at that level! Certainly too pricey for me and just think how you would feel if you snagged it on something!:eek:
RobbieGong
12-05-2016, 21:02
Tell me about it. £4.1K, different world. I'do £1.5k ish if i had the funds max regardless. That would just about get me the Cadenza Black if I shopped around which is all the cart I believe I'd need.
PaulStewart
12-05-2016, 21:28
Not a new concept, when I was with JVC we released a direct coupled MC in 1979

http://www.vinylengine.com/library/jvc/mc-1.shtml
ani it was one of the best MCs I've ever had. It was 3186.00 in 79, god alone knows wht it would cost today.
danilo
13-05-2016, 01:44
Seems to Me...like a Lot to pay for.. Only.. the cartridge.
Not to mention ALL the other bits necessary ;)
To playback a $5 (when new) or currently 1$ at the Thrift store... LP?.
Jimbo
13-05-2016, 05:46
I have heard a fair few top end £3000+ cartridges and for me, apart from price , the main issue is they are often only incrementally better than some way down the price range. Definitely the law of diminishing returns applies here.

Same applies to cables as well!
Beobloke
13-05-2016, 11:47
I heard the AT prototype playing at Munich. I was impressed...
hifi_dave
13-05-2016, 14:45
Not a new concept, when I was with JVC we released a direct coupled MC in 1979

http://www.vinylengine.com/library/jvc/mc-1.shtml
ani it was one of the best MCs I've ever had. It was 3186.00 in 79, god alone knows wht it would cost today.

I still have one. A lovely cartridge - fast, dynamic, clean and exciting. I believe the coil was etched like a PCB.
struth
13-05-2016, 14:50
I have heard a fair few top end £3000+ cartridges and for me, apart from price , the main issue is they are often only incrementally better than some way down the price range. Definitely the law of diminishing returns applies here.

Same applies to cables as well!

Quite... Ive settled on my shure now and sold my mc. and still got the uber at95 for special occasions lol
Virtual-Symmetry
13-05-2016, 14:54
Aye Grant comes to a point in this life when you say Ballurkz to it all.
struth
13-05-2016, 14:57
Yup Andre... My system is stripped to the bone tbh and much cheaper to maintain... Think it sounds better for it too.......or maybe its just me not worrying about it anymore

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Virtual-Symmetry
13-05-2016, 15:07
:) See people seem to forget what stereos are for & get too obsessed with farting about with em.. It sure as hell is an illness with ulterior motives attached.
Yomanze
13-05-2016, 15:08
No woolly jumpers allowed!
struth
13-05-2016, 15:23
Or nipple rings;)
Yomanze
17-05-2016, 17:06
Ha ha ha!
Yomanze
17-05-2016, 17:09
:) See people seem to forget what stereos are for & get too obsessed with farting about with em.. It sure as hell is an illness with ulterior motives attached.
Yes, the first stage to addiction recovery is acknowledgement - acknowledgement that there is no such thing as perfect sound, and that HiFi is a means to adjust to your tastes, and thus enjoy the music without 'listening to the HiFi'.
Marco
17-05-2016, 22:01
Aye, never a truer word was said! ;)

Marco.
walpurgis
17-05-2016, 22:16
Yes, the first stage to addiction recovery is acknowledgement - acknowledgement that there is no such thing as perfect sound, and that HiFi is a means to adjust to your tastes, and thus enjoy the music without 'listening to the HiFi'.

I try to do that and do enjoy the music of course. But still 'listen to the Hi-Fi' to an extent, not as bad as I used to be. The box swapping is greatly reduced these days.