78 Spinnin' - Cartridge?

I have three 78 carts --a Grado MC+, a Stanton 881S with D827 stylus
assembly and a Shure N78 stylus I've tried in various Shure bodies up to the
V15VxMR. They rank in that order. The Grado is by far the best sounding
despite costing only $80, but has lower output than the others and doesn't
handle warps as well as the Stanton. The Stanton is better than okay, a little
more brash sounding than the Grado, and will track anything. The Shure, in a
word, sucks. There's a lot of music in those 78 grooves, and the Shure finds
little of it. I've actually had two of these things because I thought the first one
had to be defective. It wasn't. Good luck. BTW, my primary 78 player is a
refurbed Empire 298 with the stock Empire arm, tracking at 3-4 grams.

Blabzigorp, I disagree strongly. The better my 78 system gets, the better it sounds. I now hear much LESS groove noise than before, especially with the Grado 78 cart. And the icing on the 78 cake was finding a Scott 121-B mono preamp with almost infinitely variable rolloff and turnover options. Before that, I never heard many of my 78s as they were meant to be heard.

Just stay away from the Shure.