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Hello All,

I just recently purchased a creek obh 9 mc phono stage at my dads request for his turntable assembly. To his mistake he found out his shure v15 IV is a mm phono cartridge. He finds the sound bad which is no suprise. He is considering possibly replacing the cartridge or just selling the phono stage for the creek obh 8. Does anyone think it would be worthwhile or even possible to find a MC cartridge of better quality than the shure v15 IV for $75-$150 new. Or would it just be better to just get the mm phonostage.

Thanks in advance
krazeeyk

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dougdeacon
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Carl and Rene,
The Denon 103 is a great suggestion, though even further over budget than the Shure, but I would be somewhat surprised if the TT in question has an arm that could handle it.

I'm just guessing of course, as we all are. Krazeeyk are you still around?
dougdeacon
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Not enough gain? (Don't know Creek).
dougdeacon
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No way could a Dual arm handle a Denon. It might fly right off the record on the first bass drum hit. ;-)

Krazeeyk,
The concensus looks like the OBH-8 route. There's no MC cartridge < $200 that will play with a Shure V15VxMR on a Dual, so if you can stretch that far get one. It's good enough to embarass some cartridges that go for 2-3 times the price, and it should work very well on a Dual.
dougdeacon
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Hi Krazeeyk,
What turntable and tonearm is your dad using? No one could make a solid recommendation without knowing that.
dougdeacon
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Sdcampbell,
I quite agree about the Shure V15VxMR. It's a good cartridge. Considering the price it's a GREAT cartridge.

Unfortunately Krazeeyk's dad doesn't have a V, he has a IV. Different can o' worms.

Until Krazeeyk returns to further enlighten us, lets combine your suggestion with Ozzy62's or Marakanetz's:

- Return the Creek for the MM model (if possible) OR,
- change the input resistors to 47Kohms AND,
- trade the V15IV for a V15VxMR ($200 or so).

No MC I've ever heard of will come close to that setup on that budget. Just need to be sure the tonearm is right for the cartridge. The Shure V's are pretty tolerant but who knows?
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