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Need Cartridge Recommendation for Fluance RT85 Turntable

Hi all. This turntable comes with Ortofon 2M Blue MM. I accidentally let the tonearm drop and the diamond tip came off. Wow! I have a MAC7200 which has both MC and MM inputs. I'm not that experienced with phono cartridges. My budget is about $400. The RT85 has a maximum cartridge mass of 7.5g and tracking force range 1.6 - 2.0 grams. Should I go MC? Should I go with another MM? What are my best options?

A replacement Blue stylus is $160. I could upgrade to Ortofon Bronze for about $400 - or go with another cartridge manufacturer. What do you recommend? Also, what are good sources to buy cartridge/stylus? Thank you very much.

I will be more careful in handling my tonearm in the future:).

 

kinarow1
theflattire
191 posts
 

If it came with a 2M then the arm is probably a good match.  Go with a Bronze and if you want to upgrade later, just get a Black Stylus.

I probably wouldn't go much higher than that.  I would wonder if the arm is keeping up or creating a bottleneck.

YMMV

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noromance
9,811 posts
 

Top of the line for your budget turntable would be something like the Audio Technica VM750SH around $440 is solid. Allow 20 hours to smooth out. 

strateahed
304 posts
 

@noromance +1 . I have the Audio Technica VM750SH with Fluance RT85. Great combo! Also agree with break-in time. Little on the shrill side in the beginning. 

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