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turntable cartridge upgrade

spartaman64

I have a rega planar 3 with I think a rb300 tone arm and bias 1 cartridge. I want to get a cartridge upgrade.

I refer a neutral to maybe slightly bright signature and what I want most out of this upgrade is more detail. 

I've been considering the at33ptg/2. Also, someone suggested me to stretch my budget a bit to get the dynavector 10x5 mk2. But I'm a bit worried about the compliance since the tonearm is 11 grams and the calculators I've seen puts the dynavector slightly out of compliance. I'm also open to other suggestions for around 600 dollars.

Thank you

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Can't speak for audiophile level needles/carts per se, I DJ on 1200's with Shure M44-7's, but my vinyl friends always tend to go Ortofon. Their higher end carts are always well spoken of for listening duties. Then there's this: https://www.turntablelab.com/collections/turntable-cartridges-over-200/products/sumiko-amethyst-cartridge that fits the price range, though I don't know much about them.

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