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What Stylus/Cartridges will fit a B&O Beogram 5500 Turntable and what would be the best one for it ? Do the B&O cartridges just plug right in ? Also where is the best place buy one ? Any help with this would be greatly appreciated . Thanks .
The MMC1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. Most replace with a SMMC4 from Soundsith in the USA
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Note that MMC1 is the best and MMC5 is the worst...
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Jonathan: Note that MMC1 is the best and MMC5 is the worst...
"worst" you say... The MMC5 is still perfectly capable and quite respectable with an effective tip mass of 0.5 milligrams and a similar low compliance, just like the upper tier range. Would put it that the MMC1 is a selected version of the MMC2, being the most capable models with nude fine line diamond tips on sapphire cantilevers while the MMC3 was a nude elliptical on thin aluminium cantilever; the MMC4 and MMC5 was ordinary elleptical - still an upgrade from the MMC20S (spec wise) which is one of the best sounding B&O cartridges in my opinion.
- Søren
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Correct! The MMC1 is the best, and the MMC5 is the worst. The MMC1, 2, 3 and 4 are better than the MMC5 so this makes the MMC5 the worst
Søren Hammer: Jonathan: Note that MMC1 is the best and MMC5 is the worst... "; the MMC4 and MMC5 was ordinary elleptical - still an upgrade from the MMC20S (spec wise) which is one of the best sounding B&O cartridges in my opinion. - Søren
"; the MMC4 and MMC5 was ordinary elleptical - still an upgrade from the MMC20S (spec wise) which is one of the best sounding B&O cartridges in my opinion.
The most cost effective "new" cartridge is to buy a repaired MMC4 from Axel in Germany.
Regards Graham