Cartridge headshell, what would you choose and why?


Hi Audiogoners,
It is price from $15 to $800. What is the advantage of buying an expensive one? What do you hear?
Thanks,
Calvin

dangcaonguyen
@czarivey thanks for clarification.
I will order the LP Gear ZuPreme as reccomended by many of you.
Thanks a lot,
Calvin

Personally I have no experience with Orsonic, which makes multiple models, A cursory look at Google returns show an AV1s, AV1b, AV101s, AV101b, AV11s, and Av11b. I don't know the distinctions, and the eBay listings don't seem to differentiate either. 

The AV101 series cost about 50% more than the AV1 and AV11 series. I notice that the included cartridge leads are not as nice as the ones included with the Sumiko and ZuPreme headshells. But that doesn't tell everything.

I do know that the ZuPreme is slightly lighter than the Sumiko. I have a 6.5g cartridge on my Sumiko and an 8.3g on my ZuPreme, and yet the overall weight of each assembly is the same (21g). I don't have to reset zero balance when I switch, which was a happy accident.
Johnnyb53

The Sumiko's and the Jelco's are the same head shell except the Jelco's have the arm finger lift attached.  The Sumiko's do not. The LP/Gears ''Zupreme'' is the Jelco version of the same Sumiko's.  Yes, there are stranger things that are also true in this hobby or ours!  (grin)  People are more familiar with the Sumiko name so the Jelco's also get overlooked.  Even more so overlooked are the ''Zupreme''.  
Regards,