New MH TT MMF-11.1

[frenchmon]

I didn't say that MH doesn't pair well with good carts. What I said is that MH doesn't pair their good tables with good carts. You even said in another post that "my cheap cart is holding my 7.1 back". MH isn't the only company that is guilty of this. I think it's part of the plug and play philosophy.

Jack...I apoligise for the confusion.

What I meant was that Goldring makes good carts. I've listened to the 7.1 with the 2400 cart and it was very good. I know people that love that cart. But we all like different things.

The 2M Red that I used on my mmf-2.1 was only a $99. cart. It sounded good on the 2.1. But when I put the 2m Red on the mmf-7.1 it was outstanding. My 2.1 never got the sound out of the 2M Red that the 7.1 is able to get.

But having said that it has reached its potential with the better arm on the 7.1. The arm with the combination of the much better isolation, acrylic platter, better internal wiring, and the better phono cables that I added is able to do so much more than what the 2M red can give....so in that way its a cheap cart, meaning that it has limits due to pricing....not because of build quality....... And the 7.1 is unable to go beyond the limits of the 2M Red.

And speaking of the 7.1, I have yet to get the full potential out of it. I am still needing a better phono amp, and cart. I think I will get myself either the 2M Black or the Grado Reference Sonata for Christmas.

I am looking at the PS audio phono amp, the Jasmine Phono amp, The Rogue phno amp, the Musical Surroundings phono amp....also my deale can get me a Whest Phono Preamp, the Whest-Two-Phonostage with a few hundred dollars off retail price. I've also thought about the Edwards Audio MC2 & PSU2 Combo....Edwards phono amps look really nice.

I am one who loves the plug and play of record players...im not one to keep adding expensive upgrades like some do with VPI tables...in fact I know two guys who sold their VPI tables after listening to the 9.1 and the Pro-Ject 10.... because they got tired of the expensive upgrades. But get this...these guys where loyal to VPI until one decided to try the Music Hall 9.1 and the other the Pro-Ject 10. They where amazed at the performance of the tables and stated that their new tables where able to sound just as good and also did some things better than the VPI. And these two guys dont even know each other, and made the claims at different times. Both guys post over at Audioasylum and vinylengine. and where puzzeled at why those tables are snubbed by audiophiles.