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Suggestions for cartridge, just fancy a change of flavour

Present cartridge is Shelter 501 mk3
Mounted on Nottingham Analog Spacedeck with standard Spacearm
Going through Gold Note PH-10 phono
Into Lyngdorf 2170
Wilson Witt series speakers.

Again absolutely nothing wrong with the Shelter but it came with the TT and have never heard any other on this setup and would at least like to consider a change.

My vinyl collection consists of mostly rock recordings from 70,s and up.

Budget? $1500 to $2000, not adversed to low hour used.

And no I am not looking for suggestions to change the phono stage, arm, TT or anything else just other peoples actual cartridge experiences.

I would say I have about 250 hours on my Shelter and it came with the TT so unsure of TRUE full hours, I use Lyra fluid on it regular and vinyl is cleaned by US .
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rauliruegas
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Dear @chakster :

""  MM or MI cartridge for rock music if you want real slam and killer bass. Look for vintage MM from the same era (70s/80s). ...The very best MM are neutrail like the AT-ML170 for example. Hard to beat by any MC. ""

You almost have no idea ( exactly as me a few years ago. ) on what is the qualty bass performance levels. It's the other way around on what you posted: no single MM can beats/outperfoms any of those ( and many other LOMC cartridges. ) cartridges in those links.

R.

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krelldog
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I agree with Raul....+1
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uberwaltz OP
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Thank you everybody so far for the great suggestions
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chakster
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@rauliruegas you are comparing $1900-2100 MC cartridges to absolutely neutrial $750-800 MM with replacement stylus (boron, microline). The OP already has Shelter MC and looking for something else, guess why? Alternatives? 
moofoo
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I listen to lots of rock, ECM label stuff, acoustic and female vocal - Beth Orton, Joni Mitchell, Aimee Mann, Aretha, Imelda May - and went from a Clearaudio Virtuoso Wood to a Soundsmith Zephyr (original model) a few years back and really liked it. It was a step up in my system. After about 3 years I got the Zephyr MIMC Star (another improvement) and am running that now. I have the original at Soundsmith now being retipped. I have not had much experience with different carts - but am satisfied with the moving iron in my system and for my varied music taste. Soundsmith website shows their commitment to their craft. 
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