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Please Rate These Cartridges in Best Overall Order of Sonic Importance. Recommended Arms?

Please Rate these cartridges in order of sonic importance and if could recommend the ideal arm/s for each. Thank you.


Audio Technica Tka7e

At Tka3e

Signet gold brown colour

Sonus

Sure Rxt4

SureM97

Excel mc100e

Nagaoka Mp50 Super

Sure V15 mk 3 two different bodies

Ortofon mc1

Audioquest

ADC gold

Denon Dl103

Ortofon Super Om30

Ortofon 2m Black

Ortofon Spu Gt Stereo

Ortofon gt newer mono black headshell
vinny55
invictus005
597 posts
 
@professorsvsu Fake news if I ever heard it. 2M body is not the same throughout the range. Not even close. Black and Bronze are significantly more advanced with better motors and silver plated coils.
bill_k
920 posts
 
The Ortofon 2M bodies are identical on the Red and Blue so you can upgrade a Red to a Blue with a stylus change. You can use a Bronze or Black stylus on a Red/Blue body but it will not perform at the level of an actual Bronze or Black. The Bronze and Black bodies are identical so you can fully upgrade a 2M Bronze to a Black with a stylus change.
vinny55 OP
259 posts
 
Thanks @professorsvsu
vinny55 OP
259 posts
 
@strongarm i didnt ask to recommend but to rate top to worst
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nrenter
766 posts
 
If you actually own all those cartridges, I rate them all below a single cartridge that you could buy if you sold them all. Once you've narrowed to a single cartridge, a we can have a rational conversation about a tonearm.
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