BEST cartridge money can buy?

Hello,

My current "best" is my koetsu Blue lace, but having owned them solely from the mid-80's onwards (black, rosewood, onyx, 2*urushi black and finally this one) but I'm not saying it is the best cartridge, having never deviated from this line. I'm sure there are many of equal ability but cannot comment.

Buy ehat's best for you, not what someone else may advocate!

Good luck

Dear Koegz: Money ( big money/alone. ) can't buy the best cartridge because the cartridge quality performance IMHO does not depend on money but in cartridge design and execution of that design and with almost the same importance the quality of the tonearm where the cartridge will be matched.

If your phono stage can handle the " humble " MM alternative then IMHO here are some cartridges that in my experiences can't be beat it for no other cartridges ( MC/MM. ):

Audio Technica ATML180-OCC, Signet TK-10MLMK2, Audio Technica AT-20SS, Grace F9-Ruby, Ortofon M20FL-Super, there are other ones but if you can find one of these it will be worth ( and inexpensive ) to test/try in your audio system, I'm sure you will be really happy to discover a whole new audio world that you even can't imagine to.

Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.

Very good to see another who likes the Signet TK-10, I like(d) it so much I had one of them van den Hul tipped. I always wanted to try varying capacitor loads with it. I have a love-hate relationship with the Koetsus. I had my Urishi for sale but then pulled it after a sale fell through. I've had ProIVs and Rosie Siggis but the older I get the more detail I desire. Of course, next year I'l feel just the opposite. I find that cartridges are like women...

Peter

"Best of" thread are senseless and seldom show any form of unanimity.

You'll receive dozens of answers each with its' own merits.