Someone recommend me a high-compliance cartridge? - adhoc - Vinyl Asylum

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Someone recommend me a high-compliance cartridge?

So... I'm starting to find that my Shure V15 Type IV retipped with a Jico SAS stylus is a bit unsatisfactory for classical music listening. Somehow, I find that the music is presented in a... "smooth" (?) way. It's a nice sort of sound, and one that I finally settled as "best" on after ages spent fiddling with the VTA - pleasant and polite, but I want something a little drier, with a wider soundstage and some "air" around instruments. Something that does large scale orchestral and solo instruments (violin, harpsichord, organ) well. Something with a bit more "personality" and "bang".
If anyone knows what a Stax earspeaker or the AKG k501 headphones sound like - that's the *exact* sort of sound I'm looking for. With a little more bass. ;)
There's a catch though - it has to pair with my Black Widow tonearm, so only something with a highish compliance will do. To summarise, I'm looking for something that is:
- a slightly "dry" sound with a massive soundstage and lots of "air"
- excellent dynamics, moderate-good detail
- never harsh, never sibilant
- excellent tracker
- high compliance (to work well with my low mass Black Widow)
- no preference for MM or MC (please recommend a stepup with a MC)
- budget $450 (not including stepup)
Anyone? Help! :(

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Topic - Someone recommend me a high-compliance cartridge? - adhoc 09:19:08 04/14/07 (10)

Ortofon X5-MC not high compliance but - BRab 14:51:44 04/15/07 (0)

Re: Someone recommend me a high-compliance cartridge? - adhoc 08:12:53 04/15/07 (1)

Re: Someone recommend me a high-compliance cartridge? - John Elison 10:37:07 04/15/07 (0)

Try the Grado Ref Statement or Platinum Statement - tubesforever 11:35:46 04/14/07 (0)

Ortofon OM-40 - tpao 11:35:43 04/14/07 (0)

Shure V15 IV and Dynavector 20XH. - jsm 11:11:39 04/14/07 (1)

The Dyna's compliance is kind of low at 12cu & the very low mass Black Widow (3-3,5g.) needs a highly compliant cart. * - krenzler 14:35:09 04/15/07 (0)

Re: Someone recommend me a high-compliance cartridge? - John Elison 09:47:33 04/14/07 (0)

I'm no expert..... - NuWave 09:31:01 04/14/07 (1)

Nope. The 10x5 would not be a good match. I'd suggest - HenryH 09:42:52 04/14/07 (0)

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