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Cartridge recommendations

Need a need a new Cartridge for my Marantz Tt150. Want a good cartridge without breaking the bank. 300-500 range. Someone recommend ortofon 2m Blue.am I making a mistake not spending more? Seems you can go crazy with cartridge costs.I have a Prima Luna primium hp, a pro ject ds tube phono stage and a pair of Focal Electra 1028 Be. Appreciate your input.
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tastypeter OP
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Actually my Marantz is a tt151 made by Clear Audio / not tt150 my error.

I also settled on spending more money, and went with the Soundsmith Zephyr mimc star. I very much also liked there rebuild policy for 20% of the cartridge cost.

Thank you everyone for your great input, I considered many of them.

Peter
boxer12
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Let us know how you like it. Soundsmith is a great company. 
reubent
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@tastypeter - Sorry, late to the party. But can you please clarify what Turntable you have? You mentioned it is built by ClearAudio. Is the the current Marantz TT15S1, built by Clearaudio? Is it the all acrylic TT that sells for $1499 MSRP, including the ClearAudio Virtuoso cartridge?
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tastypeter OP
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Rubent, 
yes that is correct. I have been very happy with the Marantz, except the Virtuoso cartridge was very fragile and broke the cantilever with almost no user error. 
drdeth
7 posts
 
ortofon 2M.just puchased a nagaokaMP150.You can use the MP200 stylus with the boron cantilever on the 150.
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