Mono cartridges under $1k MSRP?

neobop · « **Reply #20 on:** 18 Jul 2015, 12:54 pm »

Quote from: Sonny on 17 Jul 2015, 11:13 pm

I have a Benz Ace Mono and really love it...affordable and sounds great with Mono records!

The Benz is unavailable.
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shaizada · « **Reply #21 on:** 20 Sep 2015, 07:01 am »

I have to give major props to the Miyajima Zero MC Mono cartridge....it has changed my whole perspective on the need to listen to mono records with a dedicated mono cartridge

What a STUPENDOUSLY good cartridge!

ACHiPo · « **Reply #22 on:** 20 Sep 2015, 06:06 pm »

Are you running it on your VPI, or a second table? How do you deal with swapping carts with just one 'table?

shaizada · « **Reply #23 on:** 20 Sep 2015, 09:04 pm »

Its being used on this VPI turntable, on a third armwand which I switch in as needed:

roscoeiii · « **Reply #24 on:** 20 Sep 2015, 09:06 pm »

I really like being able to switch armwands on my Moerch arm.

ACHiPo · « **Reply #25 on:** 21 Sep 2015, 04:34 am »

Quote from: shaizada on 20 Sep 2015, 09:04 pm

Its being used on this VPI turntable, on a third armwand which I switch in as needed:

Cool!

Scottdazzle · « **Reply #26 on:** 21 Sep 2015, 04:41 pm »

Ortofon makes 2 good mono cartridges in the OP's price range. One is a moving magnet (2M mono) and the other is moving coil (Quintet Mono).

jsaliga · « **Reply #27 on:** 7 Oct 2015, 11:15 am »

My new mono set up is still a work in progress. I have the cartridges: Ortofon Quintet Mono and Audio Technica AT-33MONO. They are new in a box. What I don't have yet is the tonearm. I just bought a Nottingham Analogue Space 294 with the 12" Ace-Space arm and will be adding an Ortofon RS-309D 12" arm as soon as my wallet can recover a little from the turntable purchase.

Prior to this set up I had a Garrard 401 in a custom made plinth, with a Jelco 12" arm and Ortofon SPU mono cartridge. I loved that rig for all of my 50s mono LPs. It will be interesting to see how the AT-33MONO compares on the Nottingham table. I bought the Ortofon Quintet mono for newer mono reissue pressings.

--Jerome