Nice thing about Grado is you can get any of wood bodies in either stereo or mono and they may still make a cheap plastic body.Denon would be good choice as well.
Chazz
Chazz
Mono Switch in Phono Stage
Since most of the mono carts are exorbitantly priced, I wanted to get a phono stage that offered the toggle switch that allows you to choose mono or stereo instead (i.e. ModWright or K&K...) Does the sound from the mono-switched phono pre compare pretty favorably to the mono cart sound? Or is it not even close?