Want to upgrade my cartridge from 2m blue to black

I would never buy a used cartridge unless I knew the person I was buying it from.

@bsmg just stick to your Ortofon if you don’t want to discover much better MM cartridges from the past. They are available in NOS (never used) condition, sometimes even factory sealed and still cheaper than those Orotofon models you’re using. As i said earlier in my own experience only 2-3 samples out of 60 different cartridges i’ve bought have had some problems and all of them came from professional re-sellers who never really care about the qiality test or simple check, some of them know nothing about the cartridges and willing to quickly re-sell them. It’s important to understand who is the seller (an audiophile like us or just a businessman). BUT Luckily paypal buyer’s protection is always on the buyer’s side, full refund always quaranteed (including retunr shipping) even if the seller said "no return". Absolutely no risk for the buyers, but can be time-consuming.

Astatic MF-100 MF (Moving Flux with LineContact stylus) NOS available right now from Japan just for $280 on ebay, bargain! I remember when Raul swear it’s one of the best

@viridian 

And I will respectfully disagree...  

With turntable and tonearm like yours you're indeed free to disagree, you sold it as i can see, hope you can buy a coreless direct drive to forget about the "sound" of turntable forever.

Personally i use only DD truntables of the highest class, they are all dead quiet and does not have their own sound signature, they are rather similar than different, but the choise of tonearm does make a different. However, the analog system sound as good as the cartridge is.  

I have no idea what you are talking about, I have two Linn LP12s a SOTA Sapphire, A Micro Seiki MR711, Logic Tempo E and Russco Cue Master to play my 78s. Which I have not sold, though I did have it up for sale once and cancelled the ad. Good detective work, Sherlock, you know not of what you speak. It is my avatar as I prefer 78s to LPs. Feel free to differ, and feel free not to like any of them.

I appreciate your permission but I am free to disagree with your kind even if I have no turntables at all.

Thank you for sharing that your turntables are of the highest class, I’m glad that you enjoy them. We all know know just what a high class guy you are.

What does all of this ad hominem prattle have to do with the OP and the suggestions that will help her to achieve a better sound? The turntable being, as Ivor once said, “much more important than tonearm or cartridge.” 

I’m reading great back and forth between all the analog audiophiles on this forum so let me restate my question in a different way and please give me a honest and straightforward answer...

If I install the 2m black cartridge (with black body) on my mmf 2.2 and properly setup vta, vtf, azimuth, overhang etc. will I be able to at least extract 90% of the 2m blacks potential in performance? If so I will be satisfied and go this route. Later if I have the money I can invest in a higher quality table. So let me know what you guys think.