Which Cartridge should I keep?

[DustyOldPile]

To annoy the pants off of you, Malden, of course!

 

[malden]

To annoy the pants off of you, Malden, of course!

Well, when you finish high-school, (or get your GED) maybe you'll have more important things to do...grow up.

 

[DustyOldPile]

Well, when you finish high-school, (or get your GED) maybe you'll have more important things to do...grow up.

And end up an ornery old cuss like yourself? NEVER!

 

[malden]

You're very witty, you just may get your GED...

 

[DustyOldPile]

You're very witty, you just may get your GED...

I could hang it next to my doctorate! Oh, to be so lucky!

 

[malden]

I could hang it next to my doctorate! Oh, to be so lucky!

That's precious...

 

[DustyOldPile]

So is this.

 

[malden]

True, but if a stylus is needed, hunt down a 97HE.

Yes, but just to be clear, the OP would need to find a NE97HE, not the N97HE. They are not interchangeable. The later NE version has the same stylus grip as the current N97xE which is why I suggested it.

 

[nailer]

Well, I bought a step-up transformer so I can try out the MC carts and compare them to the MMs.

You're on the path.

 

[JFRACE]

I think asking someone's opinion on a cart that you have in your system is worthless. Let your ears be the judge. Now if you're looking for the best cash route to recoupe some money spent that's another thing.

If I were keeping some and flipping some I'd keep what I liked that was best sounding to my ears and flip the rest

 

[Recognizer]

Yes, pointless. We don't know how many hours are on any of those cartridges, they're all older than Methuselah, and we don't know the variables that I mention above. Two are MC's and therefore don't have a replaceable stylus option, it's difficult to get a replacement Stanton stylus that's anywhere near the quality of the original, the Denon stylus isn't unobtanium but close and for what a decent Shure stylus will cost, one can do better just buying a brand new cart. Of course, since the OP already took offense to the idea of selling any of this, why doesn't he just audition them, pick the one he likes and put the rest in a shoe box and be done with it?

Actually, LPGear has original Stanton D6800EE styli in stock.

 

[Nat]

this just in from out of left field - I've like the Yamaha moving coils I've had (and the MC 1 is outstanding). Don't think that I've heard the MC 11, and I've had a couple of Yamahas that had hardened dampers and didn't sound good, so I think listening is really the only way to know what is worth keeping - we should all be so lucky as to have only five cartridges to fret about...

 

[DustyOldPile]

Actually, LPGear has original Stanton D6800EE styli in stock.

Very true, but I would think that $170 could be spent in better ways.