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Title: It's a sub-$60 cartridge in all ways
Review: Not much in the way of dynamics here - very dull sounding, and brittle on the high end (even after 100+ hours of break-in). After a very short period of time the black paint chipped off the body of the cartridge - presumably ending up in the grooves of my records, which has caused white-hot hatred for this junk, and has made me question my ...uh..."frugal" (cheap) nature. Penny-wise and pound foolish, ta drop some B. Frank. .I'm returning it to Shure for warranty service, and then selling the new replacement on Ebay.I've switched back to my ancient (25 year-old) Shure M95ED (after replacing the broken stylus with a generic replacement) and am loving my records again.Stay clear of the M97xE if you value your records and your time listening.If I could spend only $60 on a cartridge, I think I'd try the Grado Black first.
