All good cartridge advice, but what piqued my interest was your use of the great Linn Nexus speakers from the 1990’s. When I worked for a Linn dealer during that period, the Linn Nexus were the speakers (along with the Linn Intek integrated and an LP-12 - Ittok- Troika) I would listen to when I just wanted to chill with some music even though we other high-end speakers like B&W 801’s and Martin Logan electrostatics on demo. I always thought the Nexus sounded best right up to the wall behind with nothing in between the speakers. I hope you have the matching KuStone stands for them. It was ingenious of Linn to design those stands with very, very long bolts that threaded up from the stands into the internal braces of the speakers.
New Cartridge advice
I am looking for a new cartridge. I recently obtained a mint Denon DL-62 TT with 2 tonearms. I had the turntable cleaned and tuned by my local shop. Sounds great with my Stanton 681-EEE with the aftermarket Vivid line stylus. I also use a Nagaoka MP-200 with very good results.
I recently had my Darlington Labs phono amp upgraded to the MP8B and it will now support MC Cartridges with adjustable loading.
I have been torn between the Denon 103 series or possibly the Hana SL as my first purchase. The Denon TT has adjustable VTA. My concern is how well the TT can match the performance of the cartridge
System consists of Eversolo DMP8, LSA Warp 1 Amp and Linn Nexus or Tekton Lore Be Speakers.
Thanks