yup shure does. what cart would you recommend?
The cartridge that you have can be upgraded quite a long way by replacing the stylus with one of a range of stylii from the AT-3472 series. The 3482P had a conical stylus but there are a range of elliptical, hyper-elliptical and Shibata stylii available at LPGear – see
http://www.lpgear.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=LG&Product_Code=ATSAT3482P . As well as the Shibata stylus, they also have an even pricier microline stylus which will fit – see
http://www.lpgear.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=LG&Product_Code=ATN3472ML . That is about the best stylus shape available for any cartridge made to date – the micro line, or micro ridge, as Grace and Shure called it, is a very thin line or ridge around the edge of the stylus where it contacts the record groove. Making it very thin enables it to play complex high frequency notes much better than most stylus shapes. It is certainly worth upgrading the stylus – the microline stylus shapes like the hyper-elliptical, Shibata, or microline stylus that LPGear sells for it last longer, and cause less record wear, than conventional conical or elliptical shaped stylii, as well as sounding better. In general, as they go up in price, each stylus should give better sound. There are unlikely to be too many other cartridges with much better sound in a P-mount than the best line contact stylii will give you with your current cartridge. Just be thankful that you’ve got a cartridge that can be upgraded like that, with just a new stylus.:thmbsp:
By the way, my earlier remark about selling turntables didn't mean I was asking you whether you wanted to sell - it was just my tongue-in-cheek way of saying that often hi-fi salesmen or reviewers can't always be believed when they say that something like a brand new turntable they are selling, or advertising, is a major advance in sound - it can often be because they want you to buy what they are selling, or advertising, in order to make them rich!
-Don
