Benz-Micro MC20E2-L MC phono cartridge Associated Equipment

Benz-Micro MC20E2-L MC phono cartridge Associated Equipment

The ceiling remains, but the floor has changed: Benz-Micro continues to offer a selection of rather expensive phono cartridges, including their well-established LP Ebony ($4700) and Ruby 3 ($3000) models. But in recent years, my attention has been drawn by the succession of <I>budget</I> Benzes: first, the Gliders ($795), then the ACEs ($550), and now the MC20E2-L ($199).

Benz-Micro
US distributor: Musical Surroundings
5662 Shattuck Avenue
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 547-5006
www.musicalsurroundings.com

Benz-Micro MC20E2-L MC phono cartridge Specifications

Benz-Micro MC20E2-L MC phono cartridge Specifications

The ceiling remains, but the floor has changed: Benz-Micro continues to offer a selection of rather expensive phono cartridges, including their well-established LP Ebony ($4700) and Ruby 3 ($3000) models. But in recent years, my attention has been drawn by the succession of <I>budget</I> Benzes: first, the Gliders ($795), then the ACEs ($550), and now the MC20E2-L ($199).

Benz-Micro
US distributor: Musical Surroundings
5662 Shattuck Avenue
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 547-5006
www.musicalsurroundings.com

Benz-Micro MC20E2-L MC phono cartridge Page 2

Benz-Micro MC20E2-L MC phono cartridge Page 2

The ceiling remains, but the floor has changed: Benz-Micro continues to offer a selection of rather expensive phono cartridges, including their well-established LP Ebony ($4700) and Ruby 3 ($3000) models. But in recent years, my attention has been drawn by the succession of <I>budget</I> Benzes: first, the Gliders ($795), then the ACEs ($550), and now the MC20E2-L ($199).

Benz-Micro
US distributor: Musical Surroundings
5662 Shattuck Avenue
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 547-5006
www.musicalsurroundings.com

Benz-Micro MC20E2-L MC phono cartridge

Benz-Micro MC20E2-L MC phono cartridge

The ceiling remains, but the floor has changed: Benz-Micro continues to offer a selection of rather expensive phono cartridges, including their well-established LP Ebony ($4700) and Ruby 3 ($3000) models. But in recent years, my attention has been drawn by the succession of <I>budget</I> Benzes: first, the Gliders ($795), then the ACEs ($550), and now the MC20E2-L ($199).

Recommended Components- Redux

I have a different gripe and it isn't about price. The list seems to be cobbled together from reviews which span a considerable amount of time; there is no attempt to reconcile the "recommendations" within any given grouping, and the cut and paste approach to the summaries, even those from the same reviewer, makes for glaring inconsistencies-eg, The Brinkman Balance is the best TT Fremer heard, with the exception of the Rockport, but elsewhere in the same category the Caliburn beats the Rockport.

Sad news about Bob Dylan

Mrs. Sanford and I burned up all day and into the evening at the Austin City Limits Music Festival to hear Bob Dylan. My god! He was horrible. Tangled Up in Blue was unrecognizable. I am just grateful he didn't attempt to sing The Hurricane song. It was the young ones that started the mass exodus that followed. I'm not kidding. It was The Exodus. Not one person told me to STFU when I kept yelling over and over again during, Things Have Changed, "He won a f*cking Oscar for this song!

Check this out for decibels

Scientists estimate that the sound of Krakatoa exploding was about 180 decibels 700 miles away. It is claimed to be the loudest sound ever heard by humans. The closest thing I have heard that loud would be Cheap Trick at an outdoor concert during the 1980s. Crewmen on ships within 100 miles of the explosion had their eardrums permanently ruptured. Krakatoa would be a good name for the next generation of Legacy speakers.

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