The Grado Red is about that price and much better. Also the Rega Bias
is a good cartridge and was actually designed for that table, which is
a Rega P2 similar. The Grado has a warmer tone and the Rega is more
dynamic, so a listen would be best but if you have to pick blind
either will be much nicer than the Shure or the Goldring.
-Bill
www.uptownaudio.com
Roanoke VA
(540) 343-1250

"Alex Moore" wrote in message
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Hi All: I decided to breakdown & jump back into the vinyl world. I
currently have about 600 albums & purchased a new NAD 533 TT. It has
a
Goldring "Electra" cartridge but was damaged upon arrival. NAD will
replace this for me, but I thought I would score a new cartridge for
the time being.

I want to spend no more then $100.00 I always used Shure's in the
past
& felt pretty good about them. Although, I always had a pretty cheap
TT (i.e. JVC & Pioneer) Any insight into the Shure M97xe? I noticed
that the Grado line get's some decent raves.

Well in any of your vinyl pros can point me in the right direction,
it
would be appreciated!

Alex