I would also suggest the M97xE Shure. I have both this and a Type V and they are each excellent. The stabilizer brush will work on the Yamaha stock arm and help track warped records.
I use SL1200 and SP15 Technics tables with the SME 3012R arm with dampner on the SP15. The M97XE will sound just slightly brighter than the Type V which some find too polite. You can later buy a Type 5 stylus at Garage A Records ( best prices )to use on the M97 body as it is the same as the type V. The AT 440ML mentioned above is also a great buy for the money.
Whichever choice you decide on make sure you invest in a suction type record cleaning machine as this will make the vinyl experience high end. Brushes and fluids are fine but they realy do not clean the record without the vacuum.
Ron-C
I use SL1200 and SP15 Technics tables with the SME 3012R arm with dampner on the SP15. The M97XE will sound just slightly brighter than the Type V which some find too polite. You can later buy a Type 5 stylus at Garage A Records ( best prices )to use on the M97 body as it is the same as the type V. The AT 440ML mentioned above is also a great buy for the money.
Whichever choice you decide on make sure you invest in a suction type record cleaning machine as this will make the vinyl experience high end. Brushes and fluids are fine but they realy do not clean the record without the vacuum.
Ron-C