Anyone here have experience with the Denon DP-35F?

Yes, I recall a friend replacing an older Red Denon (#?) with a 160 around 1986 so that would make sense.

DeKay

Talon:

I bookmarked the Audio-Technica VM540ML to replace my Grado Silver, but ended up finding a spare Grado stylus (tucked away in a drawer) and did not purchase it due to laziness.

Higher output MM, but with positive pro/user reviews and a selling price of around $250.

Here's lengthy review with response (et cetera) graphs.

https://hometheaterhifi.com/reviews/vinyl/turntable-accessories/audio-technica-vm540ml-phono-cartrid...

DeKay

Interesting that you mentioned that, DeKay. The friend who set up my 37F just bought an A-T VM95SH, which he's mounted on an SME-armed Thorens. He's very satisfied with it. The 95SH stylus is a nude Shibata. How does that compare to the nude Microline in the 540ML?

Chakster: 

Pickering and Stanton are still in business, but audiophiles are not their target market anymore, since Walter O. Stanton sold the company in the late 90s. However, best cartridges from the 80’s - early 90s still can be found NOS (I bought many and was lucky). Two models mentioned above are about $350

Thanks for the info. What about Ortofon? With Shure and Stanton, those were the big 3 when I first started out. Nagaoka, Pickering, and I think Sumiko were also there. I really liked Nagaoka's support products - the various cleaners and anti-static devices. 

It's a matter of personal taste, some cartridges are just better than others, some are unknown, some are too old, some are new. If your price is just about $300 then Stanton 881 or Pickeing XSV/3000 are just great and better than others in my opinion, personally I prefer higher models like Stanton CS-100 WOS or Pickering XSV/5000 or XLZ/7500, but they are much more expensive! 

I could recommend Garrott p77i again, I use earlier version (p77). 
But converting AU$ to US$ it's still $530