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Hi,
Iīm not sure if a thread like this already exists? If so, please let me know, i could not find any similar....
Here some photos from my collection:
https://abload.de/img/dsc06086nmjjt.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=dsc06086nmjjt.jpg)
excel PRO81MC
https://abload.de/img/dsc05991z9kgk.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=dsc05991z9kgk.jpg)
vintage ELAC STS in a row
https://abload.de/img/dsc05849uijhn.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=dsc05849uijhn.jpg)
Ortofon Kontrapunkt B
https://abload.de/img/dsc05818wljwz.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=dsc05818wljwz.jpg)
Rata RP 40
more still to come......:)
best regards
Sascha
Indeed... Not only some lovely cartridges, but some of the best photography I've seen on AoS!:eek:
Nice one, Sascha:thumbsup:
What to the Elacs sound like? They look right up my street!
Marco.
rigger67
28-09-2020, 08:45
Here's a couple of mine :
https://i.postimg.cc/VNLccWmG/IMG-20180417-153534.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/vB4F4815/IMG-20180417-153512.jpg
walpurgis
28-09-2020, 08:59
Some of the ADC part of my hoard :).
https://i.imgur.com/jgQSe6s.png
Indeed... Not only some lovely cartridges, but some of the best photography I've seen on AoS!:eek:
Nice one, Sascha:thumbsup:
What to the Elacs sound like? They look right up my street!
Marco.
Thank you, Marco.
The ELACs are a little bit special, best results are given with the original stylus. But..... itīs not easy to find...
I would say sounds similarly to an Ortofon SPU GM without the efforts of finding a suitable step up transformer and the look is sooo classical vintage....
https://abload.de/img/elacsts320e4ojb8.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=elacsts320e4ojb8.jpg)
best regards
Sascha
some classic Ortofon cartridges
https://abload.de/img/img_0612qpkgn.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=img_0612qpkgn.jpg)
Ortofon SPU classicN
https://abload.de/img/dsc0438529rkrk.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=dsc0438529rkrk.jpg)
Ortofon SL-15
Sascha
https://i.ibb.co/4W9gbsn/DSC01067-2.jpg (https://ibb.co/cJMXWbS) download high res images from instagram (https://500pxdownload.com/)
My one and only cartridge.
Kiseki Purple Heart.
https://i.imgur.com/FHzD90th.jpg?1
My current favourite Audio Technica AT ART-9.
https://i.imgur.com/gsRqjFfh.jpg
Hi Paul,
nice player and very nice cartridges. :thumbsup:
Pioneer.....
https://abload.de/img/pioneerpc70mcdpj11.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=pioneerpc70mcdpj11.jpg)
PC70 MC
regards
Sascha
Kiseki Purpleheart NOS - no. 009 of 049
https://i.imgur.com/hJIJWsi.jpg
Phasemation PP-500
https://i.imgur.com/5rijYM6.jpg
walpurgis
28-09-2020, 22:03
Mint Decca Mk.III Elliptical.
https://i.imgur.com/NTCisxR.jpg
walpurgis
28-09-2020, 22:06
Actually, to bring things down a peg or two, I may post a piccie of my Linn K5 or Shure M75/6S :).
(shame I no longer have a Goldring G850)
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50321834552_275805864b_o.jpg
In current use (there's always a hair...)
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50395886957_863d1ea0d9_b.jpg
https://theartofsound.net/forum/blob:https://theartofsound.net/25bb14a6-9c0c-4786-ade3-eba4c4434934Just the one Mrs Wembley...
Rega Apheta 3
https://i.imgur.com/Qmag1sM.jpg
Hi,
.... some more Ortofons....
https://abload.de/img/ortofonspugm_e9jkan.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=ortofonspugm_e9jkan.jpg)
SPU GM-E
https://abload.de/img/ortofonvenice_xckoo.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=ortofonvenice_xckoo.jpg)
Venice
https://abload.de/img/dsc032541gfkct.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=dsc032541gfkct.jpg)
from the back side
regards
Sascha
Here are mine:
Moving-coil cartridges
https://i.postimg.cc/nzD1856Z/010.jpg
Ortofon MC200
https://i.postimg.cc/Dzd2CyzK/019.jpg
Ortofon MC25FL in SME S2R shell; Ortofon S-15TE in SME S3 shell; Ortofon SL15E in Ortofon G shell; Ortofon SL15E in SME S2 shell and Ortofon SL15E II in SME S2 shell
https://i.postimg.cc/cCG2Pfk9/015.jpg
Top left: EMT XSD15; top right: EMT XSD15sfl
Left top: EMT TSD15, left bottom EMT TSD15sfl; Right top EMT TSD15sfl, right bottom EMT TSD15 with Ortofon SME adaptor
https://i.postimg.cc/C5JPhCWk/018.jpg
Van den Hul MC10 Special, in SME S2R shell; Ikeda C9 III in Ikeda shell; Denon 103 in Fidelity Research S/3 shell; Ortofon SPU GM-E
Fixed coil cartridges
https://i.postimg.cc/x1n23gmx/014.jpg
ADC25 with red spot stylus; ADC 10E Mk.IV; ACD 10E Mk.IV; Shure M55E (brown body) and Shure M55E (black body) All cartridges mounted in SME S2 shells.
Second ADC25 and set of stylii are elsewhere.
https://i.postimg.cc/tgxY5HK3/016.jpg
Decca Mk.III with SME adapter; AKG P8ES in SME S2 shell; B&O MMC20S; B&O MMC 20E in Fidelity Research S/2 shell; B&O SP6 in SME S2
At top: B&O MMC 20EN with SME adaptor
https://i.postimg.cc/WbTmSJQc/017.jpg
Decca Mk.VI in GB block and Audio Technica shell; Decca Mk.V in EMT TSD-G shell: Decca Mk.V in Sonab shell; Decca SC4E in Fidelity Research S/2 shell, and Decca Mk.III with SME adapter
Other cartridge pictures
https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/yy88/barrydhunt/.highres/009-3.jpg?width=450&height=278 https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/yy88/barrydhunt/106_zps5f36ca66.jpg?width=450&height=278 https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/yy88/barrydhunt/.highres/163.jpg?width=450&height=278
Denon 103 in EMT TSD-G shell; Denon 103 in EMT shell and in an SME S2 shell, and B&O SP6 in SME shell
Wow, Barry... I didn't know you had so many cartridges! :eek:
What's your favourite, or perhaps rather the one you reach for most (spends most time playing your records) - and has done most over an extended period of time?:)
I don't mean your current favourite, but rather the one that you usually always return to after a period of change.
Marco.
AJSki2fly
30-09-2020, 15:29
Benz Micro LP-S
https://i.postimg.cc/wvrJ3sCb/9-F9-E6-BDD-F3-AE-41-A3-9-A7-A-74868-D079301-1-201-a.jpg (https://postimg.cc/cgQ6b64Q)
Michell Cusis (Benz Micro Wood S in composite body)
https://i.postimg.cc/vHQhNHFy/IMG-0787.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
Goldring 2500
https://i.postimg.cc/fWF0Bhw8/DBB07-AD4-43-EF-4-B82-87-A6-FDC9-C36-B5-FD4.jpg (https://postimg.cc/23Q6SMLW)
Ortofon - I also have a Stylus 40 for it which makes nice noises
https://i.postimg.cc/3Jk537Jr/A0-D29-C4-C-A7-CA-4-F70-80-D1-9024-FD8-CCD2-E-1-201-a.jpg (https://postimg.cc/gnbBKCZ1)
Ortofon Windfeld Ti
https://abload.de/img/ortofonwindfeldtij7jey.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=ortofonwindfeldtij7jey.jpg)
https://abload.de/img/ortofon_windfeldtidoki2.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=ortofon_windfeldtidoki2.jpg)
https://abload.de/img/ortofonwindfeldti_bac8nkoa.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=ortofonwindfeldti_bac8nkoa.jpg)
regards
Sascha
RobbieGong
30-09-2020, 21:03
You've definitely indulged in some very nice carts Sascha ! What's the Windfeld Ti like ?
Hello Robert,
Iīm a fan of Ortofon cartridges and a long time the "Venice" with itīs fine coloured and defined sound was my favorite, itīs like an SPU in a tailor made suit..... and then came the Windfeld Ti. This cartridge do everything a touch better, not so much coulours, but the "suit" fits already a little better. Thatīs a big Ortofon......
best regards
Sascha
another favourit....
https://abload.de/img/shelter901iii_topviewq8kbx.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=shelter901iii_topviewq8kbx.jpg)
Shelter 901 III
Wow, Barry... I didn't know you had so many cartridges! :eek:
What's your favourite, or perhaps rather the one you reach for most (spends most time playing your records) - and has done most over an extended period of time?:)
I don't mean your current favourite, but rather the one that you usually always return to after a period of change.
Marco.
Difficult question to answer Marco, but probably an EMT (with fine line stylus) or an early Ortofon (SPU or SL15E). For fixed-coil cartridges I'm very fond of the AKG P8ES, as well as the Decca Mk.VI.
But my absolute favourite (at the moment) is the Ikeda C9 III a cantileverless moving coil design; this combines the best features of the Decca design with that of a good moving coil cartridge.
RobbieGong
01-10-2020, 21:52
Hello Robert,
Iīm a fan of Ortofon cartridges and a long time the "Venice" with itīs fine coloured and defined sound was my favorite, itīs like an SPU in a tailor made suit..... and then came the Windfeld Ti. This cartridge do everything a touch better, not so much coulours, but the "suit" fits already a little better. Thatīs a big Ortofon......
best regards
Sascha
Thanks Sascha, I'm a Big Ortofon fan too having previously ran a 2M Black mm, Quintet Black mc and Cadenza Black mc now re-tipped with Fritz Gyger S profile and found them all to be excellent when set up properly.
Hi Robert,
where did you get the retipping of the Cadenza done? Iīve got also a Cadenza Bronze with worn stylus and the Gyger S seems to be a good shape for rebuilding Ortofons....
https://abload.de/img/ortofoncadenzabronzeg1khz.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=ortofoncadenzabronzeg1khz.jpg)
have a nice weekend!
Sascha
https://i.imgur.com/5LknTBf.jpeg
Kiseki Blue Goldspot
https://abload.de/img/kisekibluegoldspot3ckky.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=kisekibluegoldspot3ckky.jpg)
https://abload.de/img/kisekibluegoldspot_frjdkd2.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=kisekibluegoldspot_frjdkd2.jpg)
https://abload.de/img/kisekibluegoldspot_sl6pjf4.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=kisekibluegoldspot_sl6pjf4.jpg)
best regards
Sascha
Dynavector XX-2
https://abload.de/img/dynavectorxx-2_underj9k4b.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=dynavectorxx-2_underj9k4b.jpg)
https://abload.de/img/dynavectorxx-2_fronta1xjie.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=dynavectorxx-2_fronta1xjie.jpg)
https://abload.de/img/dynavectorxx-2_slidebs7kf5.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=dynavectorxx-2_slidebs7kf5.jpg)
best regards
Sascha
Good evening,
comes to me from A.O.S....... Goldring Excel GS
https://abload.de/img/goldring_excel_gsmskag.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=goldring_excel_gsmskag.jpg)
have a nice weekend!
kind regards
Sascha
Firebottle
14-11-2020, 20:51
My current runner, a Dynavector Karat Ruby.
https://i.imgur.com/4whes9A.jpg
RobbieGong
14-11-2020, 21:55
More nice stuff Sasha - what camera you using by the way ?
Hi Robert,
camera is a Sony A7R of the first series.
another rare cartridge.....
audioquest T7
https://abload.de/img/audioquestt7rtkdc.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=audioquestt7rtkdc.jpg)
https://abload.de/img/audioquestt7_topviewucjq2.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=audioquestt7_topviewucjq2.jpg)
Unfortunately, I haven't found any information about this cartridge on the internet unless anyone knows something about it......?
best regards
Sascha
Hi,
a Technics EPC305MC Mk2 with the matching SUT SH305MC
https://abload.de/img/technics305mcmk2_sut_0dkrf.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=technics305mcmk2_sut_0dkrf.jpg)
https://abload.de/img/technics305mcmk2_sut33jp4.jpg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=technics305mcmk2_sut33jp4.jpg)
regards
Sascha
samurasa
27-11-2020, 19:58
Modded Technics SL1210 Mk2 with Clearaudio Concerto V2 (my Techie SR v1.0)
28918
28919
Unfortunately cant get the photobucket to work properly for me...
https://theartofsound.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=28918
https://theartofsound.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=28919
Paulie72
28-11-2020, 08:18
My cartridges are an Holistic Audio 103 CL which is based on an DL103Pro. Benz Micro Glider L2 and an AT33PTGII but i have no picture of it. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201128/f622635c75d95094286aeae2c71813d6.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201128/30ed3b994ab88809115d8e8d2a5626b5.jpg
Sent from my VOG-L29 using Tapatalk
Shovel_Knight
28-11-2020, 18:54
Wow Sascha, an impressive collection of cartridges and TTs! It's interesting to see the humble Technics SL-1500C in the company of Sony TTS-3000, Pioneer PL-L1 and a high-end Micro-Seiki.
mayebaza
28-11-2020, 19:27
Nice bit of Wood! https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201128/d6447c25ad7483d48924d840d51f3839.jpg
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samurasa
29-11-2020, 09:50
Thank You Barry!!
Ortofon Windfeld ti is playing Guru`s JazzMatazz.........
https://abload.de/img/dsc063332qrkwp.jpeg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=dsc063332qrkwp.jpeg)
regards
Sascha
Hi,
https://abload.de/img/dsc072782w6imc.jpeg (https://abload.de/image.php?img=dsc072782w6imc.jpeg)
audio-technica AT 37E
best regards
Sascha
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