Cartridge headshell, what would you choose and why?

Hi Audiogoners,
It is price from $15 to $800. What is the advantage of buying an expensive one? What do you hear?
Thanks,
Calvin

dangcaonguyen11-30-2015 4:40pm

griffithds Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 852 posts 12-01-2015 at 12:31am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Islandmandan, Those $50 head shells at LP/Gear are the same ones that Yogiboy likes at $90 except the name Sumiko has been left off. Even the leads are the same! Regards,
griffithds Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 852 posts 12-02-2015 at 10:53pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Johnnyb53 The Sumiko's and the Jelco's are the same head shell except the Jelco's have the arm finger lift attached. The Sumiko's do not. The LP/Gears ''Zupreme'' is the Jelco version of the same Sumiko's. Yes, there are stranger things that are also true in this hobby or ours! (grin) People are more familiar with the Sumiko name so the Jelco's also get overlooked. Even more so overlooked are the ''Zupreme''. Regards,
griffithds Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 852 posts 12-06-2015 at 10:43pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The majority of head shells are made by various manufacturers and then branded by whom ever! Just because Ortofon's name is on it, doesn't necessarily mean that Ortofon made it. The head shell itself is compatible with the TA-110 arm. Now whether is is the right weight as Raul eluded to in an earlier post, would be hard to say without knowing what cartridges you intent to use it with. Regards,