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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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The choice can be a bit wider with top of the line Phasemation and Miyajima cartridges. 
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tomic601
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great system ;-) great choices in that $ range.
jperry
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I have an EMT JSD S75. I also just heard a Koetsu Coralstone in my system, and a Koetsu Black in a system I have heard many times.

The Koetsu cartridges are great.

I just installed a MY Sonic Labs cartridge and it is worth hearing. Mr. Yoshio Matsudaira (MY) designs high-performance cartridges, and has designed for Koetsu (Onyx), Air Tight, Miyabi, etc.

You should consider a cartridge from MSL. It will not disappoint.

My system is posted if you want to look

Regards,

Jim Perry
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