Cartridge Shopping Looking for Recommendations

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Originally Posted by robd2

Great information everyone. For some reason the Lyra Etna seems to be calling my name. Spec wise it’s a good match for my arm and phono (I think) just not sure if it’s too high quality for my table/arm & phono stage.

Well, in my experience, its the quality of the reproduction of the source that matters most. And the source reproduction with LPs starts with the cartridge. The subsequent amplification chain and transducers (speakers) cannot put back what is lost at the source.

This just my two cents here, but when it comes to TTs, the most important components and subassemblies are the cartridge, the platter bearing and the tonearm bearings.