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Do anyone have experience about differences in soundwise between these two? I think I have seen somewhere that MMC20EN(silver) does have suspension beyond repair, is this true? And how about MMC20E(black)?
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Both models have the same motor and suspension as they are from the same generation. The “N” designation means it has a nude diamond instead of a bonded one.
ok. And they are hard to fix?
Orava: ok. And they are hard to fix?
When asking about fixing a cartridge, there are basically 3 things that break/wear out on any cartridge - stylus, suspension and coils. B&O no longer services cartridges and neither the 20E or 20EN are user-serviceable. This means you have to send it off to a 3rd party service company or replace it. Any B&O cartridge repair is going to be $250+ and that the starting price of a new SMMC20E from Sound-Smith.com who builds them under B&O license. Given the age of both of those cartridges, I would not repair them but replace them.