MONO cartridge

FWIW, I learned from an Immedia rep yesterday that Lyra is about to come out with a new mono cartridge which reportedly excellent and will retail in the $700 range. It is supposed to be close to the Helikon mono for a cheaper price.

4yanx, I probably should have mentioned that the cartridges I pointed out are all WELL below the $500.00 price point you had suggested.

The Grado's range in price from $90.00 - $400.00.
The Denon is $130.00

ie: The Grado Platinum wood bodied, mono, can be had for <$300.00.

Just food for thought. Ed.

Ed, thanks. Yeah, I'm not sure I want to go too high on the mono cart at this point. Maybe the idea would be to buy a good used one from someone trustyworthy and then maybe upgrade later (which is probably inevitable)
David

4yanx, It's my understanding that Grado will produce ANY of their wood bodied MM cartridges in mono format upon request. From what I understand the pricing is the same as the stereo versions.

Also, the Denon DL-102 is a mono high output MC that is still available.

I believe there is also a Shure model still available. I don't know the model #, but from what I remember it was more for the wider groove 78rpm record usage. The Grado and Denon both use standard stylii configuration.

Of course the Lyra is available, but I think it far exceeds your budget.

Hope this helps, Ed.