help please. i need opinions of high output carts

Hmmm- don't recall offhand the outputs of the three you are contemplating, but the 4.5 mV on the Grado you already have is most definately high output. Doubtful that the any of the other three you mention have significantly higher output. What do you have for a phono pre??

Regards
Jim

I agree. 4.5 mv is definitely not low output. You may have a real hard time finding a good quality cartridge that produces measurably higher levels than that.

Are you running the 7 tube or transistor version ??? Sean
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If your talking about the top of the line grado statement the original had an output of 0.8mv and the current version is 0.5mv. There is a "statement" series which covers the entire price range all having an output of 0.5mv. The "reference" series has outputs of 4.8mv.

The 0.5mv output needs a phono section gain of 55-60db to work well, usually found in phono sections with moving coil inputs. I suspect you have a moving magnet phono section which usally have gains in the 40db range and require a cart. output of 1.5mv or higher.

The 4.8mv output you mention is one of, if not the highest, gain available. Most "high output" moving coil cart.'s have gains in the 2-2.5 range. There are lots of nice high output cartridges available. Let us know what your actual phono section/cartridge situation is and will go from there.