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Latest post 02-25-2010 3:40 PM by Peter. 11 replies.
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  • 02-21-2010 7:19 AM

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    MMC5 cartridges

    Hello

    Does anyone know why MMC5's are often more wanted than, for example MMC3's? 

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130367447659&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130367448741&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

    Identical ads, and MMC5 getting more. I have notice this on other auctions too. On other hand MMC2 could rise up to 300.

    Have I missed something?? Or is ther e something wrong with MMC3 or 4 versus MMC5?

  • 02-21-2010 8:24 AM In reply to

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    Re: MMC5 cartridges

    The only reason I can think of is that people must think that the higher the number, the more highly specified the cartridge is.

    A fair assunption to make if you don't know.

    Chris.

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  • 02-22-2010 4:44 AM In reply to

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    Re: MMC5 cartridges

    Yes, maybe... and yet info is so easily aviable.

  • 02-24-2010 5:32 PM In reply to

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    Re: MMC5 cartridges

    Hello,

     

    Why dont you have a look at the following page and their links to MMC1-5. Links under Related Products at bottom of page. It seems the MMC1 and 2 is way better than 3-5, but also were replacement for other ranges of B&O products.

    Another alternative is to give the http://www.sound-smith.com/ a call. It seems they now anything worth knowing about B&O cartridges!! From them you can also buy "original" cartridges instead of "semi-new" on e-bay! Have a look at http://www.sound-smith.com/cartridges/boall.html

    Cheers

    cjocc

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  • 02-24-2010 7:07 PM In reply to

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    Re: MMC5 cartridges

    You could always hammer a nail into a matchstick and drag it across your vinyl if you fancied an alternative to an MMC5... Whistle

    I'm with Chris on this one - people must think the higher then number, the better the MMC cartridge.   I can say the MMC1 gives near CD-Quality reproduction (to my ears at least) on good quality vinyl, the MMC2 is excellent, the MMC3 is good, the MMC4 is perfectly acceptable and the MMC5 is a shard of glass welded to a hat pin.  

    That said, i profess to knowing nothing and wait to be corrected...

    Lee

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  • 02-24-2010 8:17 PM In reply to

    Re: MMC5 cartridges

    the MMC2 is great, it really does sound wonderful when used on most of the tables that can use it in the B&O range, but the MMC5's are not really worth it IMHO

  • 02-25-2010 2:04 AM In reply to

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    Re: MMC5 cartridges

    Yes, even I can hear difference between MMC5 and MMC4, have listen them both on beosystem 4500, and  in beogram 5005 connected to beocenter 3300.

    Unfortunally higher cartridges are so expensive that I can't buy them just for testing...

    and MMC4000 is pretty fine too in my BC3300.

     

     

  • 02-25-2010 4:56 AM In reply to

    Re: MMC5 cartridges

    Actually I am going to be controversial here! I reckon all the MMC1-5 cartridges are not bad, even the MMC5. Having seen the tip of an MMC4 under an electron microscope, it is only just elliptical and the MMC5 is not much different. I have compared cartridges fairly widely and there is a definite B&O in house sound and all of these cartridges have it. For stereo reproduction, the major difference is that the lower grade cartridges exhibit a degree of sibilance. They also do not track quite so well and hence have a higher tracking weight.

    I cannot distinguish between a MMC1 or 2 - both are excellent and indeed there is some debate as to whether the MMC1 is a different design or is in fact a selected version of the MMC2. This is actually not an uncommon scenario with the Beogram 8000 and 6006 also being to all intents identical.

  • 02-25-2010 8:28 AM In reply to

    Re: MMC5 cartridges

    I agree more or less with Peter, the MMC1 and 2 are excellent, I have only heard the MMC1 on one B&O table, but it was not detectably different enough from the MMC2 when we kept swapping them over.

    I have never heard an MMC3, so I cannot comment, but I have heard lots of MMC4 and 5, and to my mind the 4 is easily more capable than the 5, and Peter is spot on about the sibiliance factor on the 4 and 5 cartridges, more noticeably so I felt on the MMC5

    if you can find an MMC2 in any condition, it is worth having IMHO

     

     

  • 02-25-2010 10:46 AM In reply to

    Re: MMC5 cartridges

    The MMC3 is rather nice! It was fitted as standard to the Beogram 6002, and together, this was a splendid combination. The MMC3 was the equivalent of the MMC4000 and the 6002 was, to all intents and purposes, a Beogram 4002. Very cheap and reliable deck! Slightly odd Datalink in that it was only one way but highly recommended.

  • 02-25-2010 3:20 PM In reply to

    Re: MMC5 cartridges

    umm,  must look out for that combo on my travels, do any beoworlders have such a setup that you know of Peter ?

  • 02-25-2010 3:40 PM In reply to

    Re: MMC5 cartridges

    Well I did , but I gave the MMC3 to a very nice chap called Bill Peronneau, a photographic artist, and the Beogram 6002 didn't survive Bellac. Big Smile

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