You can buy a used Grace F9 body from a guy on Ebay. He stands behind what he ships so there are no worries that you will get a quality cart. Then buy the SoundSmith Ruby OCL F9 stylus replacement. You will have a wonderful, fast, detailed cart for about $1200. It'll blow away the 2M Black.
Best cartridge under $1500.
- Current turntable: Yamaha GT2000.
- Current cartridge: Ortofon Quintet Red.
- Music likes: Rock, Jazz, Electronic, classical.
- Desired sound: bold and tighter bass, rich midrange, crisp highs.
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