For the last 13 years I've owned a Grado Prestige Green cartridge for listening purposes

During that time I've suffered from the well known Grado Hum due to the lack of shielding on the cartridge

As for my other cartridges, this pairs nicely with the M97, it doesn't distort with high-output cartridges either like the Shure M44-7; but the most dramatically improved is the Grado

Connected to my SL1200GLD, Grado Prestige body, and Marantz receiver; I can crank this close to maximum volume, and the most you'll hear is barely audible white noise through my speakers