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What mm cart to a GSP era gold ?

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    Posted: 17 Jun 2009 at 9:54pm
Is there a fine mm or high output  cart that will especially suite GSP era gold ? I have thought of Goldring 1042 or Goldring 2500 but there is also Denons high output MC DL 110.

Someone who can give a comment?

I know there is more to take in concideration like arm and deck but maybe there is a cart that will suite era gold.....

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The 1042 is a bit high on inductance for a MM and errs toward the CD sound, but after 4 weeks of the Era Gold V being powered-up 24/7 the whole sound should mellow out.

I know this will be frowned upon by many but the £25 Audio Technica AT95E takes some beating, although a tad edgy in the highs for the first 1/2 to 1 hour. Plus it doesn't care much about the arm/TT.Embarrassed
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I'm using the Goldring 1042 mounted on Tecnoarm and Michell Gyro.

This is played very nicely through the ERA Gold V ( powered 24/7 ) and sounds good.
 
The 1042 is a cartridge I have kept going back to over the years as a good all-rounder.
 
Friends, several of whom are musicians are quite amazed by the good quality of sound!
 
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I´m sorry but could You please explain what You meant by " powered 24/7 "
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So far have I tried the Ortofon 2M blue and now I have an AT 95 cart. The Audio Technica was a better cart in my opinion. It was more musical then the ortofon.

If it not was that expensive I think the Linn Adikt had been a terrific choice.

When it came to Goldring G 1042 I wonder if it is such a long break in time and if its result is worth waiting for ?

One cart I have not tried is Denon DL 110. It´s a high output. I´m wondering how it will perform with the Era gold.
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I loaned a friend the DL-110 and the Era Gold when he broke his Shure V15 V which he had been using for many years.

The result being that he replaced his Shure with the Denon, though he now uses the DL-160 and replaced his phono stage with a Reflex.

After hearing that set-up, another of his friends has just bought a DL-160 and Gram 2SE.

A number of other posters here have been very happy with the DL-160 also, a very good value for money cartridge indeed.

I very much liked the DL-110 which was my first Denon and I ran that with an Era Gold V - it had a quality of grabbing you by the ear and saying "hey, listen up - music happening now - pay attention".

I currently run a DL-301 II having also used a DL-103 so am a bit of a Denon fan.

Mind you, out here, the Denons have a marked price advantage over the Goldring as well, do not know if the same will apply for you.

Just checked ebay, you can get DL-160 for around $US160.

Oh yes, by "powered 24/7" he means left powered on all the time (24 hrs per day, 7 days per week)



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