Cartridge for Doc's G99/Neat

[scotty38]

A little premature but hey ho it's good to think about these things...

You may have seen that I'm buying Doc's G99 minus headshell/cartridge and I know he used a Gold SPU on it so I am pretty much set on just going out and buying a current SPU for it. However, the only real basis for that is I know it'll fit and I think they look great.

Any advice or thoughts please?

[scotty38]

Oh and by the way I was thinking of aiming a bit lower down the SPU tree

[savvypaul]

Denon 103 in a suitable headshell

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Audio-Techni ... SwRTtbUGco

Dave Cawley, who is a member here, usually has best prices on Denon carts and next day delivery

[Daniel Quinn]

Denon deosnt grow on the spu tree which he said he was looking at.

[savvypaul]

Denon deosnt grow on the spu tree which he said he was looking at.

The entry range SPU is around £600 iirc.

The Denon is not an SPU but it has some similarities - low compliance (which would suit the NEAT arm) and a similarly full flavoured sound. Not as refined as the SPU but good fun.

Vinyl-Ant would be a good guy to ask regarding cartridges for that arm...

[scotty38]

Thanks both much appreciated. As it happens the entry level SPU 1S is £425, SPU 1E £465 on Analogue Seduction, not looked anywhere else yet

[wiicrackpot]

Scotty, you have PM.

[_D_S_J_R_]

You lot don't like your high frequencies do you? :D

I'd sooner look to Hana or AT MC's myself as the Neat arm has no bias correction amongst other things. An AT-F7 should be ample for this particular deck and tonearm, which I got to know quite well after the initial build and I tried several different cartridges in it. RD played with a Grado Black One for a while ant in his listening area, I didn't find it hugely lacking compared to the SPU particularly. Grado's like 1.6g tracking and in the past, very little bias correction too.

[scotty38]

Scotty, you have PM.

Thanks but can't see one

[wiicrackpot]

Don't know what happened to original, an up to date version retyped, don't know what i wrote originally.