Turntable Cartridges

[fergus]

I really wanted to upgrade my worn out cartridge to something better but now I'm going to have chuck my money at the Sony instead and also a new rack to house the system properly. The cart upgrade will have to be postponed.

I would be curious to know what your plan for eventually replacing that cartridge is: do you have something specific in mind as a replacement when you eventually get around to it?

[DaveF]

I really wanted to upgrade my worn out cartridge to something better but now I'm going to have chuck my money at the Sony instead and also a new rack to house the system properly. The cart upgrade will have to be postponed.

I would be curious to know what your plan for eventually replacing that cartridge is: do you have something specific in mind as a replacement when you eventually get around to it?

I've shortlisted the following:

Sumiko Blue Point
Clearaudio MC Concept
Van Den Hul The One Special
Van Den Hul The Frog :-)

[DaveF]

Decided to move this from the DAC/CDP Listening Session thread to here

I really wanted to upgrade my worn out cartridge to something better but now I'm going to have chuck my money at the Sony instead and also a new rack to house the system properly. The cart upgrade will have to be postponed.

I would be curious to know what your plan for eventually replacing that cartridge is: do you have something specific in mind as a replacement when you eventually get around to it?

I've shortlisted the following:

Sumiko Blue Point
Clearaudio MC Concept
Van Den Hul The One Special
Van Den Hul The Frog :-)

Both of those Van Den Hul carts are supposed to be pretty special but The Frog is really really expensive coming in at over 2K.

[Ivor]

I have a sumiko blue point 2 you can have an extended loan of. I don't think there's excessive miles on the clock but it's well used. It might cure that notion for a while!

[DaveF]

I have a sumiko blue point 2 you can have an extended loan of. I don't think there's excessive miles on the clock but it's well used. It might cure that notion for a while!

Thanks Ivor, I might take you up on that offer.
Would you mind moving the last 2 posts here over to the Cartridges thread? Ta

[Ivor]

On the phone right now so tricky, will have a look when on the pc.

[fergus]

Cheers Dave. I curently use the Sumiko Blue Point and cannot fault it. Mine is also coming to the end of its life so I am looking to replace it. I must do some research on the Van Den Hul cartridges that you have mentioned above.

[Diapason]

[I've moved some posts from the CD and DAC thread.]

[DaveF]

Cheers Dave. I curently use the Sumiko Blue Point and cannot fault it. Mine is also coming to the end of its life so I am looking to replace it. I must do some research on the Van Den Hul cartridges that you have mentioned above.

I know that Noel Cloney highly regards the 'Van Den Hul The One Special'. Takes 2 weeks for it to be hand made. Not cheap though as it comes in at just under 1400 Euro but it does give a taste of what the serious high end carts from Van Den Hul do I'm told. The Clearaudio MC Concept is around 700Euro mark.

The only other thing I have to look at is that my phonostage is pretty a basic one from Pro-ject but I have something planned for that.

[fergus]

Cheers Dave. I curently use the Sumiko Blue Point and cannot fault it. Mine is also coming to the end of its life so I am looking to replace it. I must do some research on the Van Den Hul cartridges that you have mentioned above.

I know that Noel Cloney highly regards the 'Van Den Hul The One Special'. Takes 2 weeks for it to be hand made. Not cheap though as it comes in at just under 1400 Euro but it does give a taste of what the serious high end carts from Van Den Hul do I'm told. The Clearaudio MC Concept is around 700Euro mark.

The only other thing I have to look at is that my phonostage is pretty a basic one from Pro-ject but I have something planned for that.

Thanks for that Dave. I know of the Van Den Hul cartidriges but I have never given them any consideration for some reason. I must do the necessary research and perhaps have a chat with Noel.