The more time you spend on your analog journey, (or any pursuit for that matter) it’s tougher to be knocked on your ear. Not from a jaded perspective, but one of familiarity. Once you’ve heard a number of phono cartridges from the MM and the MC camps, at various price […]

It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of Grado Labs. This Brooklyn company, also known for their diverse crop of headphones has been making incredible phono cartridges for decades now. All the way down to their entry level cartridges, Grado stands for high performance and supreme value. When the […]

Audiophiles love to argue the merits of moving magnet vs. moving coil cartridges. Come to think about it; they love to argue about nearly everything. However, the MM/MC debate gets sketchier as the price goes up and the line blurs between top-level MM and moderate level MC cartridges. Having owned […]