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EMT and/or Koetsu with Shindo pre/phono and Kuzma Ref 313 arm....

I have been using an EMT TSD-75 as my main cartridge for a few years. I'd like to purchase a new cartridge in the $5-$6 range. I'm considering Koetsu or EMT. The EMT is the front runner, due to the fact I know they play well w/ my tonearm, step up, and phono stage. The issue is I'm not sure which model to get. 

my setup: Kuzma Ref. 2, REF 313 VTA, Shindo VR, Dyquem Parallel SET 300B, Altec Valencia's w/ updated crossovers. Music runs from classic jazz, to Nick Drake, Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, Joni, Eva Cassidy, Elliott Smith, CSN/Y, solo Neil, Zeppelin, Jackson Browne. Cheers -Don
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chakster
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Mr. Yoshio Matsudaira (MY) designs high-performance cartridges, and has designed for Koetsu (Onyx), Air Tight, Miyabi, etc.


Miyabi cartridges designed by Haruo Takeda, his latest design for 47 Labs was distributed by Yoshi Segoshi (Sakura Systems).

I don’t think that Yoshio Matsudaira did anything for Miyabi. Am I missed something?

Haruo Takeda (Miyabi), the former Audio-Technica employee who went on to design and build phono cartridges for Krell, Mark Levinson, and Cello, and who even lent his talents to Koetsu in that company’s early days.

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@chakster 

Read the information in the link and send them a note if you like.

https://mysoniclab.com/
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Hmm, interesting @jperry
vortrex
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Copper EMIA step up for low impedance cartridges and a $3k cart would be my choice. Your current step up is limiting your choices.

fjn04 OP
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Funny the MSL carts came up in my conversation with a dealer who carries all the cartridges I'm interested in. He introduced MSL as an option, and now with this thread, I'm finding them hard to ignore. All along the high price of My Homage T2 Step up has had me married to it. I suppose it's time for an expensive divorce, or just have a second SUT. The dealer suggested adding a phono stage. The Emia is supposed to be very nice. I would go copper for sure. Then MSL makes one that is certainly a looker. 

I have heard the EMT on the Lux table w/ the baby Jelco (250?) arm. No problems there. I will try to sort what I know about EMT for you, but honestly I would just be getting it off their site. There is very little out there as you mentioned....
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