Best cartridge for SME 309


Hello 
i am considering to get me Avid Sequel Sp TT, and the SME 309 arm. 
Therfor i need a great cartridge for the set up. 
But are the so big difference between the cartridges when it come to what kind of music that i play. 
I want a dynamic sound that is somewhere warm in the sound. 

128x128heidrun
SHURE ULTRA 500 has it all and fits namely the SME series III perfectly.
Still after thirty years experience and search for the finest cartridge I have listened. Because I have heard and been there, so to speak. One of the very few carts that really sing and shine. Furthermore, it sounds good anywhere, quote by a well known Shure specialist, Dlaloum. Yes I know the SME 309 is somewhat different to my III but I understand what David is talking about. Furthermore, to get the best out of the 500 you need very low total capacitance, input (cable) + inherent capacitance (inside amp). Total of 100 - 150 pF leads you there.  

Best of Luck

Heidrun,

A friend of mine has the 309 tonearm with upgraded bearings.  This is a very nice tonearm.  I have heard it with a Lyra Titan i, Transfiguration Orpheus L and Dynavector XX-2 cartridge.  I cannot say how it compares with other arms playing these or any other cartridges except with respect to one aspect of performance with one cartridge--the Orpheus L.  We mounted the same Orpheus L in three different arms on different tables.  The one thing we could actually "measure" is that the Orpheus L tracked a little better in the SME 309 than it did in a Graham Phantom ii arm and a Basis Vector 3 arm (using an old Shure test record with increasing levels of modulation).

Heidrun,

I have a Lyra Kleos on my 309 and it sounds really good through a Parasound JC+.  It is both detailed and full and tracks pretty well.  Before I bought my Kleos Fremer liked the combination and I hear what he heard.

Good fortune,
Robert