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    Posted: 28 Aug 2021 at 4:11pm
+ 1 vote for AT VM540 ML. 
For another £60 you can have it mounted in a custom metal body just as L*nn did with the K9/K18 variants of the AT95. Called a RigB. 

Place called The Audio Files produces them. Takes it to the next level in my opinion. 

Liked the 540 so much I went the whole hog & bought a VM760SLC. 

The best MM cart on the market at any price I reckon. 
Is the pursuit High Fidelity a sign of mental illness??
I think so....
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They've gone up a lot in the last couple of years or so, the 3 by over £100.
They are very good cartridges though.
Majestic/Enigma, Accession MM & MC.
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The prices are as follows, from Deco Audio:IQ1 cartridge £380, IQ2 cartridge £540, IQ3 cartridge £789.
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Originally posted by RichW RichW wrote:

No problem. Starting with the IQ1 & upgrading the stylus to a 2 or 3 later is a very good plan.
These MMs are almost as good as you can get without hitting the law of diminishing returns with
£1000+ MCs.


So how much are they?
Struggling to find a price over here, and I was tempted to go for. €1k MC, but if people have already tread that path, then I am happy to take advice and benefit from experience.
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Originally posted by RichW RichW wrote:

No problem. Starting with the IQ1 & upgrading the stylus to a 2 or 3 later is a very good plan.
These MMs are almost as good as you can get without hitting the law of diminishing returns with
£1000+ MCs.

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No problem. Starting with the IQ1 & upgrading the stylus to a 2 or 3 later is a very good plan.
These MMs are almost as good as you can get without hitting the law of diminishing returns with
£1000+ MCs.
Majestic/Enigma, Accession MM & MC.
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Originally posted by RichW RichW wrote:

Ifor I originally bought an IQ1 & upgraded the stylus assembly to an IQ3 after a few months.
The IQ1 stylus is no longer being used - try it out if you wish & we could sort out a price if it fits the bill.
It's had no more than 150-200 hours use.


Thanks for the offer Richard, but it doesn’t really help with getting another cartridge for the new TT.
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