I have a Shure V15mxr on my LP12. I don't have the want to screw around baby-sitting MC carts and the Shure sounds very listenable. Even if I upgraded the arm , I'd likely keep the Shure. The onlt issue I have with Shure is the brush, with adds static, so I keep it up and out of the way and set the weight to 1.25. Works fine. Have fun.