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Cartridge for punk, rock, emo, indie?

Hi everyone, I have a Denon DP-300F turntable. Unsure of the tonearm mass.

My budget is 150$, and I'm currently looking at the Denon DL-110 (leaning towards this one), Audio Technia AT 120E, Grado Red Prestige, Ortofon 2M Red, Sumiko Pearl, and others. I already tried the Shure M97XE a couple years ago, and felt that it was too dull.

thank you!
toxicwaterfront
zd542
5,339 posts
 
"07-26-13: Schubert
Because an accurate cart makes many rock records unlistenable could be one reason."

Why?
dave_72
1,399 posts
 
AT 120E

Audio-Technica carts are best for rock, punk, heavy metal, etc, imo.
schubert
4,867 posts
 
Rock is about MONEY. A song is pumped up to blast thru on a car radio because that's where most stuff gets sold and they don't want you going any further on the dial.
Also. most rock "artists" have little to no taste and what they do have is bad.
stevecham
3,298 posts
 
Someone has a bad case of the Fridays :-(
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viridian
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Accuracy is, of course, a fiction generally used to make those who use the term comfortable with their buying decisions.

I think that the cream has risen to the surface, either the DL-110 or the AT120E. The later may give you some greater drive as it has a higher output voltage at the expense of sounding a bit less smooth, which may be a very good thing for your preferred genre of music.
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