Cartridge upgrade for $600

One day you are thinking of trying a different Integrated amp and now you are looking at cartridges ?

Whatever you decide to do , make it worth while , even if you have to save more money to do so....as right now it seems that you have some money just burning a whole in your pocket.

The Audio Technica AT-150MLX will outperform any MC close to $600 and perhaps up to $1K IMO.

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If you go with Goldring get 1042 only. $350 from divineaudio.co.uk
Yes, I agree, stay with MM/MI.

04-17-12: Inna
If you go with Goldring get 1042 only. $350 from divineaudio.co.uk
Yes, I agree, stay with MM/MI.

Great tip. The Goldring is a lot of cart for the money and I've never read anything bad about it.

In the same price range, the Audio Technica AT150MLX is available for $324.95 at LPGear.com. Also, the Goldring 1042 is available at KABUSA.com (stateside) for $375. It might be even money with a UK deal when you consider shipping costs and time to delivery.

I have the same OL table and recently upgraded from the original Silver arm to the OL Encounter Mk3c. I used many different cartridges withthe Silver arm and ultimately ended with a Sumiko Blackbird. The deck and arm responded well to each upgrade. Your table and arm will perform well with many very good cartridges so you can look forward to nice improvements in the future as you upgrade cartridges. If you would like please email me at my audiogon username @aol.com and we can discuss my experience with the OL aurora and OL arms.