PhilMays Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 What would be a good carterage to purchase in this price range? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmsummer Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 This one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mas Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 I agree, the Shure M97xE is an excellent cartridge for the money and should do just great until you might decide to play with a moving coil design. Check out this link and save a few bucks at J&R Music World - and pick up a spare stylus as well for a fraction of the price. http://www.jr.com/JRSectionView.process?InSearch=t&N=0&Ntt=Shure+M97xE&Ntk=All_Record_Search&lastSearch=&search.x=9&search.y=7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 I agree, the Shure M97xE is an excellent cartridge for the money and should do just great until you might decide to play with a moving coil design. Check out this link and save a few bucks at J&R Music World - and pick up a spare stylus as well for a fraction of the price. http://www.jr.com/JRSectionView.process?InSearch=t&N=0&Ntt=Shure+M97xE&Ntk=All_Record_Search&lastSearch=&search.x=9&search.y=7 That fraction is pretty high, though (about 8/9), comparing the cartridge price at Amazon ($62) to J&R's price on the stylus alone($55)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 I agree, the Shure M97xE is an excellent cartridge for the money and should do just great until you might decide to play with a moving coil design. Absolutely agree with mas; I used Shure M97HE's until they stopped making them and ran out of my "stockpile". I now use to xE's. Great price (believe it or not, on eBay) and do almost the same job as the V-15 series (V=very expensive...). Reason that the xE is desirable is that the "e" means it's a hyper-elliptical stylus, and tracks very well at lower weights. Dependent on the TT (and making sure it's on a relatively horizontal surface...), it will track reliably at only 1 gram. If you have a lot of old vinyl, that's important to reduce wear. Hope that helps. Good luck. If you decide on a M-97, and you have trouble finding a reasonable priced one, email me and I'll dig up the name and email of the guy I get them from. He's very reliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mas Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 I agree, the Shure M97xE is an excellent cartridge .... Check out this link and save a few bucks at J&R Music World - and pick up a spare stylus as well for a fraction of the price. http://www.jr.com/JRSectionView.process?InSearch=t&N=0&Ntt=Shure+M97xE&Ntk=All_Record_Search&lastSearch=&search.x=9&search.y=7 That fraction is pretty high, though (about 8/9), comparing the cartridge price at Amazon ($62) to J&R's price on the stylus alone($55)... Yep, except its not so bad at all when J&R will beat prices and ship free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whell Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Here's another excellent option: here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMays Posted November 16, 2006 Author Share Posted November 16, 2006 Thanks for the reply's! If the $100 mark buys a decent carterage like these, then, how much will I need to spend to get to the next level and what are some options there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lindsey Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 I agree, the Shure M97xE is an excellent cartridge .... Check out this link and save a few bucks at J&R Music World - and pick up a spare stylus as well for a fraction of the price. http://www.jr.com/JRSectionView.process?InSearch=t&N=0&Ntt=Shure+M97xE&Ntk=All_Record_Search&lastSearch=&search.x=9&search.y=7 That fraction is pretty high, though (about 8/9), comparing the cartridge price at Amazon ($62) to J&R's price on the stylus alone($55)... Yep, except its not so bad at all when J&R will beat prices and ship free! Amazon is $27 less and they ship for free as well. Seems like a no-brainer to me. Regardless, the cartridge is well worth $89 if you had to pay that to get it. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lindsey Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Thanks for the reply's! If the $100 mark buys a decent carterage like these, then, how much will I need to spend to get to the next level and what are some options there? Well, if you had a step-up transformer you could use a Denon DL-103 (LOMC), which can be had new for $148 shipped. http://cgi.ebay.com/ORIGINAL-Denon-DL-103-MC-cartridge-BRAND-NEW-IN-BOX_W0QQitemZ150056423865QQihZ005QQcategoryZ64620QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item150056423865 I have bought from this guy and he is very reputable. Keep in mind whatever cartridge you get it needs to be compatible with your tonearm. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldenough Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Phil, i echo the vote for the M97Xe, another that would get my vote would be the audio technica 110e, neither of these cartridges are put to shame by my V15 III. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiser SET say Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 One of my personal favs: http://www.needledoctor.com/Stanton-681-EEE-Mk-III-Cartridge?sc=2&category=402 Yet another fine budget cart. http://www.needledoctor.com/Grado-Red-Prestige-Series-Phono-Cartridges?sc=2&category=402 Here's one I ran all through the 80's! http://www.needledoctor.com/s.nl/it.A/id.274/.f?sc=2&category=402 And it's big brother is nice but over the Hun mark again[] http://www.needledoctor.com/Ortofon-OM-20-Super-Phono-Cartridges?sc=2&category=402 Since the Denon 103 is nice does anyone know anything about this one? http://www.needledoctor.com/Denon-DL-110-Cartridge?sc=2&category=402 Just some more ideas[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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