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A new Question: Moving Magnet Cartridge To Compliment My Rock Collection

I am looking for a MM cartridge to work well with my VPI Prime Turntable with the 3D arm and to compliment my large Rock collection.  Presently I have a ZU/Denon DL103 MC cartridge with a bent canteliver.  I will be sending it to Soundsmith for repair and keep it as a spare.  My Rogue tube preamp accepts MC and MM cartridges.  I want to keep this in the 500-600 range new and cheaper if used.  Recommendations and why?
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lpplayer
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I bought a Gold Note Vasari Black from the Canadian distributor a few months ago for less than $400 and my tastes are the same as yours. It's an incredible producer for the Stones, Eagles, Neil Young (in any decade), Fleet Foxes, LZ, Cream, Mellencamp, Bread (!), and Linda Ronstadt's entire collection, too.
I have Mc gear driving old school JBL 4311s and new school Audiovector QR1s . No complaints from either!
See Tone Audio review page 110 from February 9 https://www.tonepublications.com/MAGPDF/TA_082.pdf  
lpplayer
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Apologies for not including TriCell's name and number. I was being distracted by Hell Freezes Over. (Greg at TriCell was very helpful and patient, just like Ryan at Audio Classics.)

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