Top 5 favorite MM cartridges currently available

'Everything you can do I can do better'(grin).
The assumption is that all Clearaudio MM carts share the
same 'generator' and differ only qua cantilever/stylus
combo. So one can 'do better' by visiting the German ebay
and buy any of those Clearadio's for cheap (from 50 Euro on but look for the wood corpus). Then ask the seller to post the cart direct to Axel who will provide the cantilever/stylus combo as described by Halcro. The (damn)foreigners need not to pay our (Europe) VAT tax which is just incresed from 18% to 22%. Axel was very clear about this 'prerogative' for those outside of the EU.

Regards,

I do own a Signet which I bought as a Tag sale item expecting little and getting a lot.
I wanted to keep it to current production because the hunt and repairs are obstacles I didn't want people to hassle with. Thanks keep the replys coming. Steve

I'll add the Clearaudio Aurum Beta S Wood as a very warm, smooth but detailed cartridge

Shure 97 has a terrfic warm sound, it is a great value. I've used it and compared it to $2K units. Try it. Let your ears decide. Makes a great backup cartridge.

I second the Linn Adikt. I took one of of a second Linn LP12 since I do not like to buy or sell used carts. I put it on a new Rega RP3 and it sounds every bit as good as both the LP 12's I had. One had the Ittock LVII the other an Ekos. I had used 2 DV 10x5's but they have no build quality, and bend way too easily. Junk. The Adikt is about 565.00 and the stylus can easily be changed for 265.00