CartageRrecommendations, totally lost.


I am looking for some cartage recommendations. Unfortinally whatever dealer I ask seems to know little about vinyl and recommends what he can get some recommend some that are 1200 others recommend some that are 6k so I think the knowledge base is better here. I am looking for kind of the sweet spot price wise towards the higher end I listen to vocals, classical and jazz mostly but anything could wind up spinning one night depending on who is over and how much I have had to drink. My system is a Basis Debut, Vector4, to Aesthetix IO phono stage to Aesthetix preamp and Vandersteen 7 speakers. Since I have only herd a few cartages in totally different systems I am a bit lost.
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As an owner of Vandy 7s, you should get a cartridge that is worthy of that speaker. I've gone through my own cartridge tsouris and am hesitant to make a recommendation. The problem with cartridges is that there are so many out there, it's hard to make an intelligent choice. So your confusion is totally understandable. I've gone through 4 cartys before seettling on what I have now.

But here's what I will recommend. John Rutan at Audio Connection in Verona NJ is a dealer for Vandersteen. Audio Research too. That says something. His member feedback is impeccable. I suggest calling John and asking his advice. Good luck.