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Cartridge for punk, rock, emo, indie?

Hi everyone, I have a Denon DP-300F turntable. Unsure of the tonearm mass.

My budget is 150$, and I'm currently looking at the Denon DL-110 (leaning towards this one), Audio Technia AT 120E, Grado Red Prestige, Ortofon 2M Red, Sumiko Pearl, and others. I already tried the Shure M97XE a couple years ago, and felt that it was too dull.

thank you!
toxicwaterfront
dave_72
1,399 posts
 
AT 120E

Audio-Technica carts are best for rock, punk, heavy metal, etc, imo.
schubert
7,386 posts
 
Rock is about MONEY. A song is pumped up to blast thru on a car radio because that's where most stuff gets sold and they don't want you going any further on the dial.
Also. most rock "artists" have little to no taste and what they do have is bad.
stevecham
3,340 posts
 
Someone has a bad case of the Fridays :-(
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toxicwaterfront OP
41 posts
 
When I say rock, I don't necessarily mean the rock that's the on the radio. Most of the stuff I like is either punk (which falls under the blanket term "rock), indie pop, folk rock, etc. Some of it is highly detailed as well. Regarding the comment about money, very few of the bands I like have ever made it on the radio, and some of them work their asses off for months just to afford touring, so I don't see where you're coming from with that.

Thank you to everyone who made suggestions. I appreciate it.
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