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Cartridge advice--Rega style arm

I am looking for opinions on MM vs MC cartridges for my setup. I have recently purchase a michell gyro se with a michell arm (looks like a rega rb300). I have rewired the arm with an incognito rewire kit. I have used MM previously and have no experience with MC cartridges. I am looking closely at the clearaudio virtuoso(recommendation from another audiogon member), Shelter 501 or 901, cartridgeman Musicmaker III. any advice on these combinations or others would be truely appreciated
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twl
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I like the Shelter 501 on my Origin Live tonearm. It is a little light for the 501, so I added the HiFi tonearm mod to it, and it sounded even better.

Haven't heard the Music Maker III, but I did try the Music Maker II, and I didn't think it sounded as good as my 501.

If you are going into a low output MC cartridge, be sure your phono stage has the gain settings and loading options to properly use these cartridges.
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