[AliG]

A brand new Nagaoka MP-50 cart, I bought it back in September but never had the time to set it up because of two reasons:
(1) This cart is supposed to sound best at 100k Ohm loading but my phono stage only has fixed 47k Ohm. I just got my phono stage modified not long ago but now I am already start packing up and leaving.
(2) I opened up the package to take a look, and realized that to fasten the MP-50 on to the tonearm, the screws have to go from bottom - up! This is too much hassle for me, I am used to my Dynavector 20XH, where the screw direction is from top - down.

Here's a close up picture of the needle, picture taken with my new EF 100mm f/2.0 MACRO lens 


I bought it brand new from "Williamthakker" of ebay ($498 + $14.00 shipping):
http://cgi.ebay.com/ORIGINAL-Nagaoka-MP-50-MP50-cartridge-BRAND-NEW_W0QQitemZ150297440821QQihZ005QQcategoryZ64620QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262

I am selling it for $320.

If you want to know what's the big fuss about this cartridge, visit these pages:
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1229631859&read&keyw&zznagaoka
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1205040225&read&keyw&zznagaoka
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1200430667&read&keyw&zznagaoka