This arrived yesterday and is a rather pleasant surprise soundwise ...
A Nagaoka MP-30 moving magnet cartridge.
I believe these retailed at £400, a not inconsiderable sum for a mm cart. Although this used one cost me rather less.
I'd heard good things about Nagaoka carts for some time and read claims that the MP-30 competed with quite classy MC carts, so I wondered how one would compare with my high output DV10X5 MC.
At first setup it was a bit bland and a tad rolled-off, and somewhat blurred imaging. Hmmm ... this won't be staying long, thought I.
But I played around a bit with the setup and raised the arm by a few mm so the cart is a little bit 'tail up'. Ah, that's more to my taste - more hf and a more incisive and involving sound all round with nicely focussed imaging.
Very pleased with it so far.
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