Phono Cartridge Manufacturers, Moving Magnet (MM)
- Audio-Technica (MM) - A Japanese company founded in 1962 by Hideo Matsushita with the vision of producing high-quality audio for everyone. The company manufactures, headphones, turntables, turntable accessories, microphones, both moving magnet (MM) and moving coil (MC) phono cartridges, as well as a whole line of commercial equipment. The link above is for the moving magnet cartridges.
- Clearaudio Electronics - A German family-owned company that was founded in 1978 by Robert Suchy. Clearaudio has become a byword for analogue precision in vinyl reproduction. They manufacture high-end turntables, tonearms, both moving magnet (MM) and moving coil (MC) cartridges, record cleaning machines, phono preamps, a line of recordings on vinyl and CD, as well as a line of accessories.
- DaVinci Audio - Swiss manufacturer of turntables, tone arms & cartridge for connoisseurs world wide. Exquisite systems for vinyl collectors.
- Dynavector - A popular Japanese company that manufactures moving coil (MC) cartriges, tonearms, a turntable and a phono stage.
- Goldring - A UK-based manufacturer of both Moving Coil (MC) and moving magnet (MM) phono cartridges, as well as a number of record care accessories. The company has been in business since 1906.
- Grado Labs - A Brooklyn-based and family run company that hand assembles headphones and MM cartridges. They were founded in 1953 by Joe Grado.
- Ortofon - A Danish company founded by two Danish Engineers, Axel Petersen and Arnold Poulsen in 1947 that manufactures both Moving Magnet (MM) and moving coil (MC) cartridges, as well as tonearms, MC step-up transformers, cables, headshells and record playing accessories. The company's beginnings actually go back to 1918, but at that time the company was involved in the synchronization of sound in the film industry.
- Rega Research (Cartridges) - A highly regarded British manufacturer of audiophile components including both moving magnet and moving coil phono cartridges. Rega is widely known for their turntables, cartridges and tonearms. All Rega products carry a lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects. The company was founded in 1973 by Roy Gandy and Tony Relph.
- Soundsmith - A manufacturer of phono cartridges. Soundsmith has achieved an enviable reputation in the audiophile world for outstanding sonic quality and extremely high-value products. Perhaps best known now for their work restoring cartridges and for their Strain Gauge and Fixed Coil cartridges. The company is located in Peekskill, NY, and was founded in 1972 by Peter Ledermann
- Sumiko - A Japanese company founded in 1982 that manufactures both Moving Magnet (MM) and Moving Coil (MC) Phono Cartridges.
- Vertere Acoustics - A British manufacturer of Turntables, Tonearms, 2 Moving Coil (MC) and 3 Moving Magnet (MM) Phono Cartridges, motor drives, Phono Preamps, Cables, a full line of Record Player Accessories, as well as their own Record Label.
- VPI Turntables - VPI Industries manufactures audiophile grade Turntables, Tonearms, 1 Moving Magnet Cartridge (MM), 3 Moving Coil Cartridges (MC) and record cleaning machines. The company was founded in 1978 by Harry and Sheila Weisfeld in Cliffwood, New Jersey.
- Well Tempered Lab - A company dedicated to the analogue vinyl record, this company manufactures high-end audiophile Turntables, Tonearms, a Moving Magnet Phono Cartridge (MM), a Moving Coil Phono Cartridge and 3 different Phono Preamps.