My  Beocenter 7000 arrived over the weekend and I am very happy with it.

It came with a MMC2 0E cartridge that appears to be in GWO. I also have an MMC 20S cartridge from a non-working Beocenter 2000. A also tried it with the MMC 20E from by Beocenter 5000 with the dodgy turntable (see one of my other threads) In theory the MMC 20E is a 'better' cartridge than the MMC 20S but I found to my surrprise that I preferred the MMC 20S for two reasons.

Firstly the bass is stronger (albeit at the expense of some of the treble detail) and secondly because it seems far more tolerant of records in less than perfect condition.

Has anyone else compare these two cartridges? Will the fact that the MMC20S has a spherical tip mean that my records wear out more quickly compared to the elliptical MMC 20E?

 

Simon

 

There could be all sorts of reasons why one will sound better than another. It is likely that the suspensions will be in different condition. The Effective Tip Mass of the S will be a little higher but still very low so I wouldn't worry about the differential in record wear! Use the one you like the sound of more!