MONO cartridge recommendation

Mikepaul, From your last post it appears you think you need a mono cartridge to play your mono records.  Not true!  A regular stereo cartridge can play mono records just fine.  The output from your stereo cartridge will have essentially the same signal in each channel and at the same level.  The reason mono cartridges have become popular recently is that they can sound better playing a mono LP than a stereo cartridge.  A mono cartridge can also reduce noise due to record wear.  Most importantly, playing a mono record with a stereo cartridge is totally safe.  You are not risking damage to either the record or cartridge by using a stereo cartridge. 

I can't answer Lewm's question but I do know my Miyajima Premium BE Mono cartridge sounds great with all my mono LPs.  Unfortunately I don't use it very often because I have to switch tonearms to do so, and I am basically lazy. 

I will take slight exception to some comments made earlier in this thread to the effect that playing mono records with a stereo cartridge results in a lot of noise unless you use a mono switch to parallel the outputs.  I listen to many, many mono LPs with my Benz LP stereo cartridge without a mono switch, and most of these are just as quiet as my old stereo LPs.  A mono cartridge (or a mono switch) will make the noisy LPs quieter, that's true, but I wouldn't want anyone to avoid playing mono records just because they don't have a mono cartridge or a mono switch on their preamp.  

Folkfreak, I wasn't referring to your comments.  In fact, looking over the whole thread I'm not sure who I recalled suggesting that mono records played with a stereo pickup will be too noisy.  Maybe it was another thread on mono cartridges or maybe I just dreamed it.  Sorry for any confusion!