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Cartridge recommedations

Hi

I ordered a Music Hall Classic turntable this week and want to upgrade the Spirit cartridge it comes with.

I am on a tight budget and have narrowed down some pick's.

1- Rega ania

2- Dynovector 10x5

3- Ortofon Quintet bronze

4-Audio technia  AT-33sa

5-Hana sl

At present I have a Sound smith othello mounted on a Sota comet turntable I really like.

I have a Feszel SS-4772  tube amp with KT-88 tubes

I also have a Jolida jd1 phono stage I can use on an mc cart.

These will run into a pair of Megnapan MG-1s I rebuildt last year

Any help is greatly accepted.

Thanks

Greg

 

gregaba
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audio-fanman
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Greg,

I have nothing to recommend, in the same boat...

I just upgraded my TT and am also looking to upgrade my MM cartridge (AT-VM95SH)... I called my local private super high end audio retailer (drug dealer) and after talking about the type of music I listen to, (Everything except rap and sorry to say 90% of anything being released today...) he suggested the Ortofon Quintet bronze, so now Im going to be glued to this thread...

gregaba OP
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Welcome

I have been reading what reviews that are on the net and that is why I was asking about the cart's I listed.

They seemed to have the best reviews but I wanted some opinions from people who have used them.

I would love to be able to spent a couple thousand for one but as I am 100% disabled that is not in the cards.

Greg

 

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tomic601
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are you keeping the SOTA ?
i like the Dynavector and the Ortofon Bronze about equally well, hundreds of hours listening to both in friends / relatives systems.

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