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Best Cartridges for the Money You've Experienced

I'd like to ask those of you who have tried many a cartridge over the years to nominate ones that you feel are among the very best and are available today, new or used, at a substantially lower price than most of today's reference-level cartridges. Feel free to mention great cartridges from years past that still show up now and then on Audiogon.

I currently have a Koetsu Rosewood Signature mounted on an SME-5 arm. I'd like to go up from there in sound quality without having to rob a bank.
bolson
beragamo
37 posts
 
Hi,look up member"Rauliruegas" posts.He is a wealth of information on this subject.You should find many answers there on cartridges.Take care,KP
jaybo
4,478 posts
 
the audio technica 150mlx mm is one that performs incredibly, especially for the price.
bolson OP
36 posts
 
Thanks for the tip on "Raulirugas'" posts. I've never encountered anyone who's tried so many cartridges! This is just the kind of information I'm after. This line of discussion is especially good:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1173550723&openusid&Rauliruegas&4&5&st0
tpsonic
1,092 posts
 
Having gone through many a cartridge(Clearaudio Ref,Koetsu,Mysbi,Levinson,Symphonic,Dynavector and Benz),I find the baby Allaerts to have been the most satisfying.Not that the others weren't good,but the combination of virtues is extremely well balanced IMHO.
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