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Cartridge for punk, rock, emo, indie?

Hi everyone, I have a Denon DP-300F turntable. Unsure of the tonearm mass.

My budget is 150$, and I'm currently looking at the Denon DL-110 (leaning towards this one), Audio Technia AT 120E, Grado Red Prestige, Ortofon 2M Red, Sumiko Pearl, and others. I already tried the Shure M97XE a couple years ago, and felt that it was too dull.

thank you!
toxicwaterfront
schubert
7,386 posts
 
AT 120E
rlwainwright
1,904 posts
 
Rather than using your cartridge as a tone control, why not seek out the one with the most accurate response characteristics? It's not as if the cartridge knows what kind of music it is playing...

-RW-
schubert
7,386 posts
 
Because an accurate cart makes many rock records unlistenable could be one reason.
eslaudio
118 posts
 
For punk and emo, I find safety pins work really well. There just seems to be a mysterious synergy with the music. Perhaps it's because they're able to dig really deep into the record grooves to extract every last bit of tortured emotion...;o)
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