Murasakino Sumile Mono Cartridge
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How are you finding the Sumile Mono cartridge to be performing in transducing these recordings … have you found your optimal setup with the cartridge ?
Extremely happy with the Sumile mono. Excellent at retrieving information from the grooves. What has surprised me is the tracking ability. There are many records which I had thought were sub-par sounding that are transformed. The difference is most notable with brass instruments
my Glanz MH-1200S arm board for my Esoteric T1 finally arrived, and i have installed the Glanz MH-1200S and the Sumile Mono on the T1 and am sorting things out a bit. the build quality of the arm board is top notch, and everything went together without any fuss. this is my first time with three tone arms on one turntable, but it seems to be reasonable to navigate. at this point no way to use my CS Port IME1 anti-static unless it's across the front which would be pretty tight. oh well.
i'm impressed with the build quality of the Glanz MH-1200S and right off it sounds full and meaty, if a tiny bit loose. great boogie factor and dynamic. really just a rough eyeball set up so far. tracking at 3 grams and arm is level.
first i'm going to just play this set-up for a few weeks, to see how it is. feedback from a couple members is that the stock Glanz head shell might not be an ideal match for the Sumile Mono. i have a couple extra head shells here that are generic, but heavier build than the Glanz, which is quite 'spare' and lightweight. 2 head shells recommended are the Phasemation CS-1200 and the OMA Graphite. probably end up ordering one of those at some point. i'll try these others here and go from there.
@bonzo75 unlikely that i will move the DaVa to the Glanz, as that was never my plan. but will keep an open mind about it. when you visit me next, if i have not done it by then i will do it for YOU.
i'm impressed with the build quality of the Glanz MH-1200S and right off it sounds full and meaty, if a tiny bit loose. great boogie factor and dynamic. really just a rough eyeball set up so far. tracking at 3 grams and arm is level.
first i'm going to just play this set-up for a few weeks, to see how it is. feedback from a couple members is that the stock Glanz head shell might not be an ideal match for the Sumile Mono. i have a couple extra head shells here that are generic, but heavier build than the Glanz, which is quite 'spare' and lightweight. 2 head shells recommended are the Phasemation CS-1200 and the OMA Graphite. probably end up ordering one of those at some point. i'll try these others here and go from there.
@bonzo75 unlikely that i will move the DaVa to the Glanz, as that was never my plan. but will keep an open mind about it. when you visit me next, if i have not done it by then i will do it for YOU.
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Very Nice Indeed Mike , iaxel is expeimenting with a Glanz Sumile Mono combination also .
settled down, and nice and coherent now. no longer a bit rough and loose.
arm, cartridge and turntable seem to be a fine match. been listening to a mono string quartet than has my full attention. on the 4th side now. flow and life exemplary.
tonight i've switched the Sumile/Glanz/Esoteric T1 from the dart phono to the EMIA phono corrector and MC Trio SUT; it's hooked up to the 1:15 SUT. the combo was excellent on the dart phono, this takes it tonally to a higher plane, more textures and bloom; maybe a touch better flow and more robust bass with a bit more drive. the music is going places. more immersive. degrees more of things. i keep forgetting it's mono. 
Actually, mine is on the Ikeda 407 (I don't have a Glanz).
But with similar results sound-wise, as Mike describes them much better than I do.
Decca SET 312-6 5 lp box set 1st Press Wide Band Groove NM.
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I import Miyajima to North America. I listened to a friends Sumile Mono. It’s very good. But arm matching seems very very critical. When we switched the Infinity Mono to the Sumile in a Glanz MH124 the Infinity at a third of the price of the Sumile was bigger richer and more organic. The Sumile in his Schroder BA was far better than in the Glanz but now only different from the Infinity. So be careful.
Firstly , thank you for volunteering your financial interest in the commercial side of the audio industry @robyatt , and in particular your somewhat pertinent business affiliation with Miyajima pick up cartridges , that said … perhaps you might like to take a look at section 13. Of the forum TOS , going forward.
You raise some interesting points with regard to tonearm symbiosis for both ? Murasakino and Miyajima mono cartridges , we have a number of members who have amassed considerable knowledge gleaned from hands on experience with these two mono pickups paired with a good number of disparate tonearms , who hopefully might care to add to the discussion , a few Viz: Mike L , @iaxel , bonzo , @jazdoc , and of course the OP , are already respondents.
It would be most interesting to learn of other makes and models of tonearm that have paired well ( and/or perhaps not so well ) in concert with , in principle the Sumile but also the Infinity since it has been made reference to and being a fine mono pickup in its own right.
I think it fair to mention that for the most part it would seem that transitioning *From* a Miyajima mono *To* a Sumile mono has proven to be a path fairly well trodden .
You raise some interesting points with regard to tonearm symbiosis for both ? Murasakino and Miyajima mono cartridges , we have a number of members who have amassed considerable knowledge gleaned from hands on experience with these two mono pickups paired with a good number of disparate tonearms , who hopefully might care to add to the discussion , a few Viz: Mike L , @iaxel , bonzo , @jazdoc , and of course the OP , are already respondents.
It would be most interesting to learn of other makes and models of tonearm that have paired well ( and/or perhaps not so well ) in concert with , in principle the Sumile but also the Infinity since it has been made reference to and being a fine mono pickup in its own right.
I think it fair to mention that for the most part it would seem that transitioning *From* a Miyajima mono *To* a Sumile mono has proven to be a path fairly well trodden .
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It’s a great recording but I’ve never heard the mono version, just the original Decca SXL stereo version.This is a fantastic mono recording...
@Mike Lavigne - I'm leaning towards the Sumile Mono. True Mono would be a new world for me and I was wondering, is there agreed upon capacitance/resistance etc phono stage settings for the Sumile?tonight i've switched the Sumile/Glanz/Esoteric T1 from the dart phono to the EMIA phono corrector and MC Trio SUT; it's hooked up to the 1:15 SUT. the combo was excellent on the dart phono, this takes it tonally to a higher plane, more textures and bloom; maybe a touch better flow and more robust bass with a bit more drive. the music is going places. more immersive. degrees more of things. i keep forgetting it's mono.
Thanks!
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