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Originally Posted by robd2
Great information everyone. For some reason the Lyra Etna seems to be calling my name. Spec wise it’s a good match for my arm and phono (I think) just not sure if it’s too high quality for my table/arm & phono stage.
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Please don't take any offense as that's not my intention... while the Lyra Etna is a very fine cartridge your current arm will not extract the level of performance that it's truly capable of. A better tonearm will give a higher level of sound quality with a cartridge below the Etna than the Etna will in your current arm.
Some people believe that with analog the cartridge is the most important component since it's the transducer, but you're generally much better off balancing your budget more evenly between the table/arm/cartridge rather than spending disproportionately more on the cartridge.