I have been trying to recommend this cartridge for donkies years, but it's really too late now.. Fist time i ever plonked this on a record i was instantly blown away, so much so that cartridge buying for me became very hard game to play. I have only recently used up my last remaining styli for it, New ones are no longer available as far as i know, the last time i looked they were about  £250.00. Ill hold on to the body all the same, in it's loverly dark red velour presentation box just in case a NOS styli pops up for sale...

I always used this with the Matching 'PLZ' pre amp which was a great sounding unit. For anyone who does not know this cart it was an Hybrid design, Very low mass but high compliance. Moving Magnet design but carried off like a Moving Coil type of thing, It's a best of both worlds design if you like... Perfect in my low mass SME '3009'..

Easily the best sounding Cart i have ever heard/Owned. Tracks like a leech at under 1.5grm.

Nowadays i use the second closest thing imho Stanton '681EEE' with Pickering 'D625E' Styli.. However i should have a new Jico '681 EEE-S Shibata styli soon which should be a fine upgrade...

I found this review that sums it up really


www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=41524.0