With the AT MC cart you had did you have the loading correct on your phono stage?. Everything setup correctly with a protractor?. These things are important, if not done so will throw everything out of whack, especially with a MC cart.Thank you for the reply. I have upgraded to an AT moving coil cart but it sounded "thin".
Tried the Shibata stylus and didn't notice a difference either except for excessive dust collection. I'm still keeping an open mind and will try others.
Audiofreak71