On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:21:09 +0100, "Geoff Mackenzie"
wrote:


"Michael Chare" wrote in message
.. .
There was a company called EEI Australia that made the Elite EEI 500
moving magnetic pickup cartridge (and a moving-coil model)

Does any one know what happened to them?

It has been suggested to me that umless I am willing to spend £500+ on a
pickup cartridge, I would do better to stick to the moving magnet ones
rather than a moving coil one. Would anyone dispute this?


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Michael Chare

Depends rather a lot on what arm you are using. For example, the SME 3009
and its variants worked well with MM, but were less successful with MC which
is why they fell from grace (sorry!) in the seventies/eighties. Whereas the
SME 4 and 5 were particularly suited to MC. Mass compliance, and all that.
Also depends on the quality of your pre-amp, of course, and what it was
designed for.

GeoffMacK

Mmmm? I have a MC cart (Audio Technica OC9) on a 3009ii and it all
works perfectly, both listening and in measurement.

d
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