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Originally Posted by Charles
I've been reading a lot of good things about the Ortofon Omega, supposedly a great $31 budget cartridge.
Remember picking up an AT95E for a friend and mounting it on his Phillips. Although a highly rated budget cartridge, it sounded like a budget cartridge.
Thinking it was perhaps the phono stage in the ancient Sansui 3000 we were using for a test bed, I install my AT 440ML on a nondescript table and tried it...the difference was night and day, to say the least. I bought the 440ML when they were closing them out for $59 on Amazon, and got $20 off for applying for a credit card...now THAT WAS a budget cartridge. Very similar to my Ortofon Super 40 at basically 10x the price.
I'm more partial to Ortofons than Shures, they're more lively in my estimation. I like a lively cartridge.
Chas
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I do not know that much about cartridges....I do know that this Pickering one I have that everyone loves tends to magnify the all the surface noise. The Shure I have at work (The Shure 92) is actually ok. And I love this OEM cartridge on the BSR XL-1400. That is a cart that tends to make albums a bit quieter. Plus even though it is all plastic it is a pretty good table so far. I only paid 5 bucks.
I am trying to cull my vinyl but I always find these deals at the thrifts. Last week I found The Who's Who's Next 180 gram heavy vinly series release for $8.