@rawbleed Here’s a selection of non-elliptical cartridges.
The Denon/SUT route is expensive and I’m not even sure the PLX arm is up to the job of running the low compliance Denon. The disadvantage of a spherical is that it can ride higher up in the groove where the damage is more likely. Getting a bit further in improves the signal/noise ratio. I know this is not a rule (I have, among others, a Decca with a spherical stylus and it blows away a Shibata in an Audio Technica) but the Nagaoka is a solid cartridge and will do the job.
The Denon/SUT route is expensive and I’m not even sure the PLX arm is up to the job of running the low compliance Denon. The disadvantage of a spherical is that it can ride higher up in the groove where the damage is more likely. Getting a bit further in improves the signal/noise ratio. I know this is not a rule (I have, among others, a Decca with a spherical stylus and it blows away a Shibata in an Audio Technica) but the Nagaoka is a solid cartridge and will do the job.