So, what music are you listening to now?

[Charles]

Originally Posted by icenine

Yeah I really hate that...the poor guy who does buy it will have to fork over more money for a new stylus and cartridge. And I know if it is in the store for a week that headshell will be gone.

It is a pretty heavy deck....seemed in good condition. If it had been $20 I might have got it.

I am actually listening to an Akai table with a M92 right now.

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