If Twl says the cartridges he mentioned will work on an Ekos, then I second at least one of his recommendations.
You didn't mention what kind of music you like. RCA put a lot of different stuff on those Dynawarps! LOL.
We listen primarily to classical, much of it large scale. For that the Shelter 901 is exceptional, some say the best there is. Don't get the idea that it's cold or harsh. Never. Neither is it warm or cuddly. It has zero tracking or tracing problems regardless of what's going on, thus its extraordinary detail retrieval. It also has shockingly good bass response. Great detail plus deep, clean bass means complex musical passages are played with transparency and power. For example, I can follow interweaving melodic lines from cellos, basses, tympani and bassoon all going on simultaneously. Above all that, the shimmering decay of a cymbal or triangle hit never breaks up. It's almost scary.
If smaller scale or studio-processed music is more your thing, one of the other two cartridges Tom mentioned might offer a bit more "magic" and/or be less "ruthlessly" revealing.
You didn't mention what kind of music you like. RCA put a lot of different stuff on those Dynawarps! LOL.
We listen primarily to classical, much of it large scale. For that the Shelter 901 is exceptional, some say the best there is. Don't get the idea that it's cold or harsh. Never. Neither is it warm or cuddly. It has zero tracking or tracing problems regardless of what's going on, thus its extraordinary detail retrieval. It also has shockingly good bass response. Great detail plus deep, clean bass means complex musical passages are played with transparency and power. For example, I can follow interweaving melodic lines from cellos, basses, tympani and bassoon all going on simultaneously. Above all that, the shimmering decay of a cymbal or triangle hit never breaks up. It's almost scary.
If smaller scale or studio-processed music is more your thing, one of the other two cartridges Tom mentioned might offer a bit more "magic" and/or be less "ruthlessly" revealing.