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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?
Sumaato  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

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   Nandric, that's quite a recommendation, comparing it to the ...   Sumaato

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: Sumaato
To be honest, I don't feel I'm missing anything, but I know there are two things that can be tweaked into existence:

bass, with a sub, and upper mid band/lower treble resolution with better instrumental separation. The stereo depth is excellent, imaging is great, speakers disappear...they are brilliant BTW.

The Rogue amp has all the muscle and transparency one could wish for, I think. There is never a sense that the system is struggling. I'm basically looking to optimize and see how much more I can find in the sound with a cartridge change or other tweaks. Some great suggestions here so far, thank you.

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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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