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In Reply to: Why do people diss the Ortofon OM10? Also my Shure/AT carts posted by lpspinner on April 12, 2007 at 08:01:42:
I hear you, I have the OMB-10, which supposedly is a OM-10 but sold in bulk. I got it as a temporary fix after damaging my Grado Gold cartridge.the OMB-10 did fine, it certainly tracks better than the Gold...but it does sound a bit unrefined.
to add gas to the fire i replaced it with the AT 440MLa & find it to be MUCH, MUCH better than the OMB-10...but that's on my 'table & my ears.
For the $ though, its a good design (i think) & does play music. I'm keeping mine as a backup for sure...
If you stick with Ortofon, try one of their Super catridges in the future. A freind has a Super 20 and it sounds great on an old Dual TT.
Follow Ups:
I agree that the AT440MLa is better. It's just that the OM10 seems to get such a bad rap in general.
the $ involved may have something to do with it....anyone who spends thousands on a cartridge might have issues accepting that a $40 cartridge can sound OK. Plus, a $40 cart on a hi-end & tuned TT is gonna sound difft than on a less engineered set-up.i'm just talking trash here, but tt & arm compatibility play a big factor too. To me, its real hard to compare the new AT440Mla to the OMB-10, the AT is just SO much more. but again, my table, my room, my ears....you know!
what kills me is how my Grado Gold shakes violently at the end of the Cardas Sweep track, but this cheap-o OMB-10 rides the grooves like a freight train. Sure there ar diffs in SQ, but a cartridge above all else needs to track the information accurately. some mfgrs just do it right...
My OM 30 super tracks like hell through the tougher tracks on my test record. My Grado Platinum glides through them effortlessly. If I could combine the Grado bottom end with the OM30's quickness i'd have my ideal cartridge. The Ort seems to track music ok though. Either i don't know what mis-tracking sounds like in music, or NONE of my cartridges mis-track.
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