A cheap cart that isn't too horrible

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This follows on for my futile quest to find an AKG stylus...
Most of the dealers I phoned have not heard of AKG, so that made me form a certain opinion of them!

Background: My plan is now to replace the cartridge with a cheap one. The (ReVox) turntable is not my primary, so for occasional listening I don't want to go over the top. I may decide to spend more on it later, but I have what I think are better candidate TTs for putting expensive cartridges into. I also have a ReVox with a Shure M97 in it already, so I don't want to 'clone' that.

My list of possibles is now:
A) Shure M92E
B) Ortofon OM-5E
C) Grado Prestige Green or Blue
D) Audio Technica AT92ESD

Has anyone any direct experience with these?

I'm leaning towards the Ortofon because it is such a light cart, and the ReVox was designed for / likes a very light cartridge.




 
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