wazza1503559969 Posted October 19, 2024 Posted October 19, 2024 Hi all, I was hoping for some advice I recently rescued the family Garard 401 with an Acos Lustre GST 1 that has been sitting on a stoarage shelf for 20 years The current plinth is essentially unuseable and I have a new one being built The tonearm has the original headshell with a Shure V15 III - unfortunately I was only getting one channel and a resistence test shows the cart has failed My understanding is that is a classic cart - so thats unfortunate Anyway - I dont know much about the turntable side of things and only yesterday came accross the term "compliance" and now I'm a bit lost Before I heard that term I was leaning towards a MP-200 or possibly the MP-500 based on reviews Would they be good options? for the Acos Lustre Should I be considering alternatives in the price range of the above 2 carts? Appreciate any feedback and advice Cheers Waz
aussievintage Posted October 20, 2024 Posted October 20, 2024 4 hours ago, wazza1503559969 said: Hi all, I was hoping for some advice I recently rescued the family Garard 401 with an Acos Lustre GST 1 that has been sitting on a stoarage shelf for 20 years The current plinth is essentially unuseable and I have a new one being built The tonearm has the original headshell with a Shure V15 III - unfortunately I was only getting one channel and a resistence test shows the cart has failed My understanding is that is a classic cart - so thats unfortunate Anyway - I dont know much about the turntable side of things and only yesterday came accross the term "compliance" and now I'm a bit lost Before I heard that term I was leaning towards a MP-200 or possibly the MP-500 based on reviews Would they be good options? for the Acos Lustre Should I be considering alternatives in the price range of the above 2 carts? Appreciate any feedback and advice Cheers Waz Just a general observation, it is easy to spend a lot of money on a cartridge. I don't know how you arrived your chosen price range, but I would suggest checking out the AT carts in the range - the AT540 or 740ML. Even consider the VM95ML - the cheapest cart with that ML stylus shape.
wazza1503559969 Posted October 20, 2024 Author Posted October 20, 2024 1 hour ago, aussievintage said: Just a general observation, it is easy to spend a lot of money on a cartridge. I don't know how you arrived your chosen price range, but I would suggest checking out the AT carts in the range - the AT540 or 740ML. Even consider the VM95ML - the cheapest cart with that ML stylus shape. Thanks for taking the time to reply - honestly, I'm not sure how I got that price range. I feel I'm down so many rabbit holes at the moment I was hoping to not go down another one and spend the next 3 weeks researching cartridges and compliance and dialing in my tolerance re price point / diminishing returns. Based on a quick search and read, the VM540ML you mentiond seems like it might be a better starting point for me Appreciate the intel Cheers Waz 1
SonicArt Posted October 20, 2024 Posted October 20, 2024 The 540 and 740 are the same basic cart, only the body is alloy on the 740. The 540 will likely be a better match weight wise. The 95ML is fantastic for the money, i wouldn't discount it. 2
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