Hi Simon74, hello Aronsss!
Not knowing which phonostage you will be using makes it difficult to recommend a cartridge, not to mention that it would be helpful to know how you would characterize the current sound of your system(as it sounds in your room). As there are no absolutely neutral carts/components, your choice will give you a chance to compensate for slight deviations from neutral, assuming that the cart is a good match mechanically).
Spending less than 2k on a cart makes sense on any arm, mine included. What you get above that takes a real gem of a system to present the difference as large enough to justify the expenditure.
Two more carts that sound quite different from each other, costing well below 2k and offering outstanding musicality are the Lyra Dorian(clean but not lean, detailed and fast) and the Music Maker III(slower, but also "richer" sounding).
Not to neglect some of the offerings from Transfiguration and Dynavector...
Cheerio,
Frank Schröder
Not knowing which phonostage you will be using makes it difficult to recommend a cartridge, not to mention that it would be helpful to know how you would characterize the current sound of your system(as it sounds in your room). As there are no absolutely neutral carts/components, your choice will give you a chance to compensate for slight deviations from neutral, assuming that the cart is a good match mechanically).
Spending less than 2k on a cart makes sense on any arm, mine included. What you get above that takes a real gem of a system to present the difference as large enough to justify the expenditure.
Two more carts that sound quite different from each other, costing well below 2k and offering outstanding musicality are the Lyra Dorian(clean but not lean, detailed and fast) and the Music Maker III(slower, but also "richer" sounding).
Not to neglect some of the offerings from Transfiguration and Dynavector...
Cheerio,
Frank Schröder