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  Much better MM cartridge than Shure V15 IV?
Hi, I have a Pro-ject 2 Xperience turntable, and I'm running a Shure V15 IV with Jico SAS stylus on it. I'm wondering how much higher quality MM cartridge can I attach to the carbon Pro-ject 9cc arm without exceeding the capabilities of the turntable/arm combination? Grados tend to hum on this deck unless I shield the motor's EMF. I have not tried anything else yet. What would you suggest as a clear significant cartridge upgrade?
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12-14-11
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12-14-11   There is definite three word combo: clearaudio virtuoso wood ...   Marakanetz

12-14-11   Go straight to the top of the mountain. marakanetz could not ...   Griffithds

12-14-11   Marakanetz: thanks for the interesting suggestion...seems to ...   Sumaato

12-14-11   Samaato, if you don't mine me answering your question, i wi ...   Griffithds

12-14-11   Ortofon 2m bronze or black   Ahendler

12-15-11   What is your phono stage and the rest of the system? your mu ...   Inna

12-15-11   I'd leave the cartridge alone and invest in a really good ph ...   Audiofeil

12-15-11   Thanks inna and audiofeil, for the reality check.....my syst ...   Sumaato

12-15-11   My music and sound preferences: mahler, bruckner, elgar, fif ...   Sumaato

12-15-11   I used to own that table...nothing wrong with the arm or shu ...   Phasecorrect

12-15-11   My music and sound preferences: mahler, bruckner, elgar, fif ...   Sumaato

12-15-11   If you decide to change the phono preamp, make a fairly big ...   Audiofeil

12-15-11   My bad...didn't realise amp takes mm only...so audiofeil sug ...   Phasecorrect

12-15-11   You're already there,save your money or stick in red kettle ...   Schubert

12-15-11   It's good to get opinions as to the wisdom of further invest ...   Sumaato

12-15-11   Smart,of course all bruckner fans are !   Schubert

12-15-11   Good idea...get a few hi grade vinyl releases before anythin ...   Phasecorrect

12-15-11   Phasecorrect, thanks for affirming my choices so far. clean ...   Sumaato

12-15-11   I'm not familiar with that product...but 1500 will buy you a ...   Phasecorrect

12-15-11   Respectfully disagree with pasecorrect's otherwise good advi ...   Frogman

12-15-11   That's fine...sumaato will have to ultimately decide...most ...   Phasecorrect

12-16-11   Good to hear all these viewpoints. i take frogman's point ab ...   Sumaato

12-16-11   Sumaato...u really want to change carts! ha...what cables ar ...   Phasecorrect

12-16-11   Phasecorrect, yes, maybe i'm fishing for a nice self-present ...   Sumaato

12-16-11   Before spending mega bucks...try a new interconnect...maybe ...   Phasecorrect

12-17-11   For this kind of music adding rel sub might be a very good i ...   Inna

12-18-11   Inna, i'm not sure which way to go yet, but it seems to me t ...   Sumaato

12-18-11   Just to mention this, good turntable isolation can make a bi ...   Inna

12-18-11   I have the table on a corian sandwich with three sorbothane ...   Sumaato

12-18-11   While i enjoy my updated virtuoso black at present i still r ...   Nandric

12-18-11: Sumaato
Nandric, that's quite a recommendation, comparing it to the Virtuoso. Thanks. I've never considered Stantons....Is that model still available? I'm not finding it online yet.
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12-18-11   While the audio technical at150mlx costs less than many of t ...   Johnnyb53

12-18-11   Sumaaro, i see stanton 881s regulary on ebay.com. look for a ...   Nandric

12-18-11   Sumaato...what exactly is missing in your current system? ni ...   Phasecorrect

12-18-11   To be honest, i don't feel i'm missing anything, but i know ...   Sumaato

12-18-11   Since you are using kimber monocles and the stirling ls3/5a' ...   Johnnyb53

12-18-11   Johnny, the kimber monocles were such a surprise to me in te ...   Sumaato

12-18-11   Also...if u value speed and transparency...nordost cabling r ...   Phasecorrect

12-18-11   since you have monocle xl speaker cables, pick equivalent qu ...   Johnnyb53

12-18-11   If you are are going to bother at all with a stanton 881, lo ...   Storyboy

12-19-11   Yes, the interconnect will be first purchase i think. it may ...   Sumaato

01-11-12   Leave shure-it is by far superior to most of mm cartriges an ...   Ozog

01-13-12   A couple of comments... first there are a lot of cartridges ...   Dlaloum

01-15-12   Thank you, david and ozog, for your considered response and ...   Sumaato

01-17-12   Yep - you can adjust resistive loading downwards by using an ...   Dlaloum

03-05-12   Sumaato - i'm using a 2 xperience classic with the stock blu ...   Jazzerdave

03-06-12   Couple things to try (i use both with my xpression iii table ...   Sbrownnw

03-06-12   I never was a big shure v15 fan. so i think there are many ...   Lewm

03-13-12   Jazzerdave, thanks for the signal cable tip. cheaper option ...   Sumaato

03-13-12   Sbrownnw, how would you characterize the difference in the p ...   Sumaato

03-13-12   Sumaato, i'm just using a musical fidelity v-lps for now. i ...   Jazzerdave

03-13-12   Sumaato, to sum things up, i would say the cronus was good a ...   Sbrownnw

04-07-12   It seems like a significant shift upwards from my shure v15 ...   Sumaato

04-20-12   I doubt that a 2m black would be a step up from a v15iv-sas. ...   Dlaloum

04-23-12   Thanks david, for your perspective on the v15 versus 2m blac ...   Sumaato

05-25-12   Well, i finally did investigate stand-alone phono stages and ...   Sumaato

05-25-12   Does anyone know if the soundsmith stylus upgrade would bene ...   Auntjenof2

05-29-12   Absolutely! yes it would improve the maestro... a number of ...   Dlaloum


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