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I hate to be a contrarian, but own both a VPI Prime (w/Pheonix Roadrunner and Eagle) and a Technics SL 1200 G and prefer the latter pretty much in every way. The VPI Prime is excellent in every way, so please don't take my comment the wrong way. These are both superb TTs. Anyway, back to Manny's question, I also own a long list of both MM and MC cartridges. At the moment I am smitten with an Ortofon Per Winfeld, which is a LOMC. I also have a Cadenza Black, a 2M Black, a 2M Mono SE, and AT 150ANV, and AT 33 Mono ANV. In another system, I have a Shure V15-Vmr on a VPI HW19/SME Series III. I love them all and use them all. If I had to choose just one for the dessert island, it would probably be a MM, probably the Shure, but maybe the 2M Black. Why? Well it is because they are easier to live with both amplification-wise and because of the user changeable stylus feature. Also, for every hour of critical listening that I do, there are perhaps 5x - 10x hours of music as back drop to other activities from cooking to reading. Finally, I listen to a lot of old jazz and the recordings generally do not benefit as much from the superiority of the best MC cartridges. Consider that guys like Doug Sax and Gordon Holt both favored MM cartridges (Stanton and Shure respectively) as being closer to the sound of the master tapes that spawned the LPs that they were lucky enough to be able to compare. With that said, there is no question that my MC cartridges sound magnificent so it is nice to have options.

Regards,

Bill

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