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please, let me know what is the best option (best quality price ratio) when we want to restore a mmc2.
there is so many option and my knowledge are so low in this matter that I can't choose one.
I want to use it with a beogram 7000.
thanks for your help
4 beolab 5, beolab 9, beolab 10, beolab 5000, beolab 8000 mk2, beolab 6002, beolab 3500, beovision 7 55 mk2, 2 beovision 11 46 mk4, beotime, beosound ouverture, beosound essence, beoplay A8, beomaster 900 RG de luxe and the collection continues...
I have side by side tested many options from original, to various rebuilds, to soundsmith. To my ears, the best quality for cost is the contact line stylus on a sapphire cantilever from the eBay seller pickupservicedk, Mr Nielsen.
I have even used this cartridge with an adapter on a non-B&O tonearm and turntable suited to high compliance cartridges and found it sounds better than a couple other similar priced high compliance cartridges (and there aren't very many high compliance cartridges being made anymore for).
When I was restoring and selling type 59xx turntables I always asked Axel to restore MMC2's to as near as possible their original specification. (Line contact diamond/sapphire cantilever)
I never had any complaints and demos went like a charm.
Regards Graham
joeyboygolf: When I was restoring and selling type 59xx turntables I always asked Axel to restore MMC2's to as near as possible their original specification. (Line contact diamond/sapphire cantilever) I never had any complaints and demos went like a charm.
Thanks for your answer.
Are you speaking about this option on the axel website :
https://www.tonabnehmerservice.de/B-O-Wiederherstellung/Wiederherstellung-MMC-1-5-Alle-verwendeten-Bilder-sind-Beispielbilder/MMC-1-2-Mit-Altteilrueckgabe-Wiederhergestellt-mit-Saphir-Cant-und-Nude-Line-Diamant-Nadel.html
olvisab: joeyboygolf: When I was restoring and selling type 59xx turntables I always asked Axel to restore MMC2's to as near as possible their original specification. (Line contact diamond/sapphire cantilever) I never had any complaints and demos went like a charm. Thanks for your answer. Are you speaking about this option on the axel website : https://www.tonabnehmerservice.de/B-O-Wiederherstellung/Wiederherstellung-MMC-1-5-Alle-verwendeten-Bilder-sind-Beispielbilder/MMC-1-2-Mit-Altteilrueckgabe-Wiederhergestellt-mit-Saphir-Cant-und-Nude-Line-Diamant-Nadel.html
Yes, that's the one.
thank you peter and graham for those fast answers and to share your knowledge.
I have also used Axel, but actually now it is his long time student Franz-Josef Schulte who has taken over the B&O cartridges from Alex. He has been doing all B&O pickups for a long time anyway, so the service is still top of the line and 100% perfect.
However, last I heard, he is very very busy right now because of the revival of vinyls :)
/Jacob