New-prod high-compliance carts for SME 3009

I realize the Stanton 681EEE is not a "High end" Cartridge but recently picked up a nice Thorens TD 124 ( mk1 ) and it came with a Stanton 681EE and I am extremely pleased with the Match with the SME series2 arm...I am thinking about one of the Grado wood bodies..I tend to like a lttle of the sweetness that the Stanton provides and hoping to match that sweetness in my next cartridge......

Never heard of Stanton. I will look.

Tvad, actually I did ask Raul this q ~1 yr ago and while he gave a wonderful response most if not all of the carts he reced were in fact "vintage" (no longer produced). But I should have another thorough go-thru of that mail.

I really hated Grado carts on modern arms but on the 3009 it might be a completely different story.

I use to use Stanton in the 60s, Stanton, Pickering, ADC and Shure were the big brands then. The current Ortofon MMs are good, I have one I use sometimes. You can buy a cheaper one to check them out and if you want to upgrade the replacement stylus from the more expensive ones will interchange.

As mentioned above Kevin @ Kab has the Stanton 681EEE mk3..Its very inexpensive,but it plays above its pricerange..

I recently posted the same question. There are actually many options in current production. Ortofon made a high compliance cartridge, the 540 MkII, that is still available off of EBay (and I went with it). Apparently the 540 was among Ortofon's top MMs until they replaced it with the 2M Black. Soundsmith offers essentially all of their cartridges in a high compliance cartridges version. Benz makes some that are not exactly high compliance, but have compliances within the range that will work with the SME3009.