The Cartridge ManMusic Maker IIIusedThe Cartridge Man Music Maker III Moving IronAbout 200 hours on this cartridge. Very well cared for. Known for exceptional value and realism. Price is firm. I'll pay shipping in US and paypal. See The Cartridge Man web site and here's a ...430.00

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Ships fromSacramento, CA, 95818
Ships toUnited States
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About 200 hours on this cartridge. Very well cared for. Known for exceptional value and realism. Price is firm. I'll pay shipping in US and paypal.

See The Cartridge Man web site and here's a cut and paste I got from Needle Doctor:

The Music Maker III now in its latest and best guise, is a truly beguiling Cartridge. As a moving Iron Cartridge it has none of the draw backs of low output moving coils, and yet offers the listener the chance to experience music in a truly sublime way. No wonder some reviewers have described this as one of the best pick up cartridges available, period.

"The Music Maker's bass articulation is a true strength. Another is the line contact stylus. It lays claim to having the longest area of groove contact in the stylus world. What this means is not just incredible tracking abilities but also an infilling of the smallest dynamic and rhythmic cues, a stable and vast soundstage (equal to that of the Allaerts) and the ability to render the really tough instruments -- female vocal, piano, cymbals -- deftly and with silken authority.." 6 Moons Music Maker MkII

"And now my system has a new "reference" for others to beat. The Hadcock with either the Music Maker or the XX-2 cleans up the bottom end of the Orbe and just makes music so much fun, so that the SME has to take third place. That my two favourite arms are unipivots is significant, I'm not saying that a unipivot is a guarantee of quality (I didn't much like the Kuzma), but those "flat earthers" that have been banging on about them for the last 20 years obviously have something going for them.." TNT-Audio Music Maker MkII

"The first thing you notice is the solidity and presence it has compared to almost all MC cartridges. There's a sense of unstoppable momentum to music... For anyone using a valve pre-amp like a Conrad-Johnson or early ARC, this cartridge is manna from heaven. Being used to hearing vastly expensive MCs in a system tailored to their balance, the Music Maker never left me feeling short-changed. ... never was a product so aptly named; never was an alternative so welcome." Roy Gregory, Hi-Fi+ Music Maker MkI, Issue 5 2000

"The Music Maker is an extremely interesting product: it links the best of both (MM & MC) worlds together: it is clean, accurate and detailed like a good MC while it has the warmth and the "weight" of the best MM's. In the end, the quality/price ratio of this cartridge is simply excellent. Only real Music Lovers apply". TNT-Audio Music Maker MkI

Technical Specification:
Output voltage 4mV
Frequency response 10Hz - 50KHz
Stereo separation >25dB across 10Hz to 30KHz range
Loading requirement 47K Ohm (standard moving magnet)
Cartridge weight 6.2g
Stylus type proprietary extended contact area diamond
Tracking force 1.58g +/- 0.05g (critical)
Arm requirement medium to low mass (13g or less)
Bias (anti-skate) requirements minimal

Questions for the seller
Since this sounds like a fairly new cartridge what year was it purchased, and why are you selling it? Thanks, Poppynogood
I bought it about three months ago from the original owner. I never mounted it; I got interested in another cartridge (Ortofon SPU). The box says 1996 on the back. The previous owner was an old timer audiophile who I know and totally trust that he cared well for it. He has about 50 cartridges. I'm asking what I paid for it.

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