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Looking for turntable cartridge advice (lemmy.ca)
submitted 3 months ago by GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca to c/budgetaudiophile@lemmy.world
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I've just bought a Yamaha YP-D6 turntable. It's had a hard life, but seems to work ok. I'll replace the stylus before playing any of my collection. Problem is that it has a Shure RXT-4 cartridge which takes a N97HE stylus. A quick bit of research suggests I'll be paying well over $200 for even a cheap N97HE clone. This seems a bit risky when I don't even know if the cartridge is functionally "good".

I'm not looking for the best possible performance from a turntable - it's just to be able to play my collection for nostalgia etc.

I think I'm better off replacing the cartridge with something like and audio technica AT-VM95E.

Interested to hear any thoughts, including suggestions for other budget friendly cartridges.

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[โ€“] Godort@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, AT makes some incredible cartridges.

There are countless "better" options, but they offer diminishing returns considering how spendy they are.

[โ€“] mfdoom@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I agree, if you just want decent quality sound at a reasonable price, the AT cartridges are the way to go