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There's a bit too much importance placed on capacitance. There was an issue with a batch of 1200's because the hardwired cable had its capacitance increased hugely. I think they have phono sockets on the back now? There are lots of ways to test and analyse it if you enjoy that kind of thing. Just pick a cart and look for recommendations on the phono stage or ignore it all together!
Most of the MM carts in the £250 range depend heavily on the stylus profile. For that sort of money you can get microline/shibata or similar complex shapes.
I really like the MP-110, it's way under budget but it has a boxy sound and after a while that can be fatiguing. It's only an elliptical stylus. I thought it was best in it's £110 price range.
When I was looking at Goldring it seemed that the 1042 was the best pick and it's too much money for your budget (or mine). I want to try it next though.
The AT series is great but you don't like the sonic signature. The HD-25 tend to give a little prominence in lead guitar range. I like this too. All the AT carts I've measured are the opposite. I create an eq for my carts using a test record.
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Ps: and if any of you got a recommendation for a solid MM catridge below 250 or so I'm all ears.
Looking for something honest and clear sounding, without bells and whistles; best way I can describe it is "I like how Sennheiser HD-25 sound" - as in: they're not audiophile but pretty solid, sound quality wise, they're not really coloured but rather dry / neutral, still they don't sound boring, more like "understated but really nice".
Thanks for any input!
So far I'm looking at the Ortofon 520 MKII / VM Red, AT95 series, Concorde R 20, Goldring 1006..