Last night, i pulled my very nice-sounding ART-9 MC cart, and put my Acutex M320 III STR cartridge in.
I haven't listened to it lately, but after some adjustments with the settings on my Modwright SWP 9.0 Sig phono stage, I was amazed at hearing the best sounding music I've ever heard from my system. I don't know what I did differenly, but I was captivated by the extrordinarily great sound I was hearing.
I know you can spend any amount you want to on a cartridge, but my Acutex only cost me around $90 a few years ago, yet deliverers mind-blowing sound (to my ears), on my middle-of-the-road system, but whatever you do, enjoy the music!
Regards,
Dan