[chgolatin2]

Whats a good cartridge that doesnt cost you an arm and a leg?  Any recommendations would be appreciated!  My clearaudio emotion tt needs to rock aa

[Daverz]

What's your budget?  I think the Dyanavector 10x5 is a great cartridge.  Warm, spacious, good bass, good tracker.  Goes for about $380.

[Wayner]

If an MM is O.K. is suggest an Audio Technica AT440MLa. $100

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[woodsyi]

Whats a good cartridge that doesnt cost you an arm and a leg?  Any recommendations would be appreciated!  My clearaudio emotion tt needs to rock aa

Is your TT fitted with satisfy arm and Arum classic wood cart?  If not what?  What phono stage are you using?  Oh, and yes -- what is your budget?

[aod]

Consider the humble Denon 103R
A very good all rounder.
Output is a little on the low side but
if the phonostage has a healthy gain,
this is a nice cartridge to use.

[chosenhandle]

Consider the humble Denon 103R
A very good all rounder.
Output is a little on the low side but
if the phonostage has a healthy gain,
this is a nice cartridge to use.

"all rounder"? that is a great way to describe the conical stylus!

[lcrim]

A cartridge should be matched w/ the mass of the tonearm and should work well w/ your phonostage.  A high compliance cartridge, such as the AT 440mla recommended, works best with a lower mass arm.  The Denon DL-103, which is a low compliance cartridge, requires a medium to high mass arm for control.  The gain available at your phono stage may preclude the use of LOMC cartridge as was mentioned above.  You didn't mention what tonearm you are using.
You can consult the manufacturers specifications of your tonearm to get some rough parameters of what cartridges would be a good match.  There is also a vinyl section of this board where more advice is always available.

Edit:  found this online
Satisfy Aluminum

Technical Data:

Effective Tonearm Mass: 9g
Cartridge balance range: 2.5g - 17g
Vertical tracking force (at min. cartridge weight): 3g
Null points: Inner : 63.6 Outer: 119.5
Audio lead:
Length (off tonearm): 1m clearaudio
Sixstream cable fitted with clearaudio MPC connectors or RCA termination box.
Capacitance: 260 pF/m
Resistance: 100 Ohms
Overhang: 17.5 mm
Effective Tonearm length: 9 inches (230 mm)
Distance from pivot to stylus: 222 mm

Did your TT come w/ this tonearm?

[aod]

Good on you chosenhandle... you caught the pun... 

[woodsyi]

Good on you chosenhandle... you caught the pun... 

And I thought you were being elliptical. 

[chgolatin2]

My clearaudio came with the satisfy tonearm, pretty cool looking table to say the least.  Also, I have a Project Phono Stage 2 a basic one