There is no "best" of anything. Stop scanning this site for the product of the moment and trust your own ears as to what sounds good.
Audition, audition, audition. Your system synergy is critical.
Buying used cartridges is risky. Believe it or not, not every cartridge for sale has less than 100 hours on it.
Spend a little $ up front to make sure you have the proper tools to set up your TT and have a way to clean the records.
Mono records really do sound better with a mono cartridge.
In the end, it should be about the music. You should be spending more time listening and collecting LP's than worrying about your hardware.
Audition, audition, audition. Your system synergy is critical.
Buying used cartridges is risky. Believe it or not, not every cartridge for sale has less than 100 hours on it.
Spend a little $ up front to make sure you have the proper tools to set up your TT and have a way to clean the records.
Mono records really do sound better with a mono cartridge.
In the end, it should be about the music. You should be spending more time listening and collecting LP's than worrying about your hardware.