I am really enjoying this 440MLa. It is very revealing and a good match for my vintage Sony PS-LX5, which isn't a high-end table by any means but has a decent tonearm. I do notice that unless I have a very clean pressing, there are more ticks from surface noise than with other cartridges. When I record an LP for home network streaming, I sometimes switch to my Denon DL-110, since it is less likely to make surface noise apparent. For overall detail, though, the AT 440MLa is hard to beat and the pricing through an Amazon reseller was the best I found anywhere. AT cartridges are also not fussy about cable capacitance ("loading"), unlike some cartridges such as the better Shures and a few others. If your tonearm can handle a high compliance cartridge, I highly recommend this. You can get replacement styli, too, unlike some of the more esoteric moving-coil designs which are very pricey. Having heard supposedly "better" moving-coil designs, I prefer the AT. I track it at 1.4G and the microline stylus is superb, especially on inner-groove tracking. Very revealing, though, so you will want to have a good regimen for cleaning your records!