[Brad]

Putting together a 2nd system from stuff I already have.

Scott 222c integrated
Empire 598 TT
Hornshoppe Horns
John Kenny Ciunas DAC (not vintage but may want a break from flipping vinyl from time to time)

Looking for a recommendation for a reasonably priced phono cart.
I was kind of thinking Shure M97xe    Adorama has it for $68, but backordered.  Other sites closer to $100.

This system won't be the ultimate in detail, but it should be great at TONE.

Other idea I had was to buy a Soundsmith cart for the main system and move my AT440mla to this one.

t.i.a.

[Letitroll98]

How about one of the MI carts from Empire to match the turntable.  Maybe one of the Grado Prestige line, Green or Black would be my guess to match the Shure in price.  A move up to Red would be my recommendation if you can make the reasonable jump in cost.  Haven't heard the Nagaoka line in anything but show conditions, but they're suppose to be great bargains.

[putz]

KABUSA has the Shure for a good price and he's (Kevin) a great guy to do business with.

[jarcher]

Other idea I had was to buy a Soundsmith cart for the main system and move my AT440mla to this one.

That's what I would do.

[Brad]

I'll take a look at the Empire and Nagaoka carts.

Thanks for your comments!
 

[charmerci]

since it seems like you have more than one tt - I'd suggest this also.

http://www.avahifi.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=248&Itemid=226