The Best Turntable Cartridge Under 100$
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- čas přidán 17. 04. 2018
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Which will win?! All phono cartridges under 100$ compared and reviewed in one video. Cartridges include: AT95E, Grado Black, Grado Green, Nagaoka MP-100, Ortofon OM5E, Ortofon 2M Red, Shure M92E, Shure M97xE, Sumiko Oyster
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Of all the cartridge comparisons I have seen on CZcams, this is by far the most effective. Going step by step up, and then comparing the #1 to the one we started with, was really eye opening. Thank you for all your work. I'd love to see something similar with under $200 cartridges.
Thank you so much for your cartridge comparisons. They have helped me decide to go with a Rega/AT and eventually a Nagaoka. I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge!
Fantastic video. The best I've found for directly comparing how different cartridges sound, with no unnecessary twaddle. Just the facts and the sound, (or as much as possible on youtube). Keep up the good work.
The Shure M97xe, if you can even find one, now sells for $325 at LP Gear (plus tax and shipping). Nagaoka cartridges have almost tripled in price where I'm from in Canada.
I like the way how you have arrange the entire story on how you recommend each of this. Great!
Thank you for doing this, great work
"Rega Carbon" that cartridge will always make me laugh. It is nothing but a AT3600 which you can get by far less money. Don't get ripped off by audiofools!
It's difficult to do good audio review or comparison videos on CZcams, but you did a very good job. I also agree with the majority of your rankings. Excellent work. 👍
The Ortofon AT31e cartridge in its day was excellent, and very often overlooked. It tracked superbly well, created minimum surface noise, didn't exaggerate vinyl damage (clicks & pops etc), and provided many years of pleasure in my Technics SL1200 fitted with a Linn Basik Plus tone-arm and a custom arm base plinth. Although few people regard the Technics as being anywhere near an "audiophile" product, it offered great service and listening pleasure, with absolutely nothing going wrong. No belts to stretch and change, very good shock resistance, instant start up, no "noise" transmitted via the arm and cartridge, in fact, a great all round turntable. In closing, I would note that some time ago, a good friend purchased an 'upgraded' Technics SL1200 unit modified by TIMESLIP, a company based in Devon. The numerous changes they made most certainly did make subtle listening changes and differences to mine. I'm not 100% sure about the arm they use, but it was certainly much more 'engineered' and substantial than the Linn. However, having said that, the total package did cost alot more than mine !
Great video! I recently purchased a Nagaoka MP200 and as I am sure you know, this is a top-drawer cartridge. Still, I have another turntable and I need a good cartridge that is affordable and this video helped! Thanks again!
I have only lived with the Shure M97 and the Ortofon 2M Red. I found the M97 to be analytical, detailed but cold. The 2M was warmer, more musical. Both sound good and it would be a matter of taste and equipment. I'm using an old David Hafler phono preamp with the 2M Red and I am constantly thrilled by the music. Thanks for the videos.
My cartridge of choice is Shure M92E also for the sound definition at 1,25 g of tracking weight. A good way to preserve aged and rare records.
Great video! I own several carts, the Shure m97xe w/ the Jico stylus is up there w/ the best I own from Dynavector, Soundsmith and Nagaoka. I absolutely love this cart / stylus combo.
Thank you for this video!! great job! i made my choice, the oyster.
I'd recommend the mp 110. It replaced an AT91 and was a significant upgrade. I've also tried a Grado Blue which had a nice tone, but had an annoying hum at high volumes and the mp 110 tracks a bit better. The Shure is nice though and can take Jico styli.
Best information, greatly appreciated!
Excellent video and channel. I got out of restoring and flipping vintage tables (mostly Denons and Technics) right around the time your channel must have shown up. The only other guy doing decent cartridge comparisons was Joe Collins (Bad Edit Pro) and he was a huge source of reference for what carts to buy, although I ended up just ponying up the cash and trying everything from $19-129 myself at the time.
Thank you so much for this video!
Also, there are a lot of upgrade styli available for the cheap AT carts from places like LP Gear.
I would go along with a lot fo your findings that for sure, bit shocked the Oyster placed so high, and Grado so low, Also, im no fan of budget Ortofons, never any upper bass power imho, but.... Very useful video comparison indeed buddy, thanks.