Which Cartrudge For My Upcoming Technics 1200 GR 2 Turnable - Looking at Ortofon 2m Black

@audphile1 

Bass, Imaging

For me, it’s about bass and imaging. Sapphire Tube; Boron; Beryllium Tube ...I  believe I hear slightly more accurate bass, tighter, bass reverb or decay, and tighter imaging all instruments, but also involving the overtones of bass that do become directional.

Highs

the manufacturers talk about tracking high frequencies, so I mentioned it, but as I said, age 77, I can’t even hear them.

Sometimes they are talking about staying in the groove of torture tests, that was Shure’s claim to fame for the V15VxMR tracking at 1.0 gm. with the .0005 inch thick MicroWall Beryllium. 

"The Shure V15VxMR features a proprietary Microwall/Be™ cantilever, an ultra-thin-walled hollow beryllium tube (0.0005-inch wall thickness, 18-mil diameter) that achieves the highest stiffness-to-mass ratio (6.25:1) of any stylus cantilever ever made.  This unique geometry, combined with a MASAR-polished Micro-Ridge diamond tip, provides ultra-low effective mass and exceptional high-frequency trackability at a recommended tracking force of 1 gram."

Is it subtly better? Worth the extra cost? I encourage others to pay attention to the trend of many makers, what they say, the resultant specs,

and, after spending a heck of a lot of money on the rest of my vinyl system, I'm gonna pay the difference for Boron, or, save money by risking used Vintage 

I've never heard anyone criticize Boron.

Ok. I don’t know if we can generalize our assumptions based on design. I haven’t heard every cartridge under the sun but I am pretty sure there is more to it than the cantilever material and stylus shape. 

Elliott, yes VMN60xSL is correct.  Sorry for the confusion.  I agree with you about boron for cantilevers too, although cactus needle works quite well too in my Hyperion.  Aluminum is fine too of course.  The execution is more important than the material methinks.   I am worried about all the reports of people hearing too bright sounds from various MM cartridges.  I wonder if it would be too technical to tackle that subject in a new thread?  It is sometimes not as simple as adding a little capacitance to your MM cartridge.  What think ye?

@billstevenson 

I never paid much attention to capacitance, It’s been ’a bridge too far’ for me.

People’s hearing varies, they don’t know what we are hearing, unless you develop a relationship, talk, agree both hear this or that.

What I want to know is if you figured out how to post photos???????

I've got a Cactus Needle story, and it involved a lot of sound!!!!!!

I'm have a 1200G and I'm using an Ortodon 2M Black and I absolutely love it. I use it with a McIntosh C2300 preamp, using its own phone stage. It's smooth, detailed, and it produces great sound.