A good quality phono preamp is a must, tube preamp recommended

I feel like this is the cartridge that was built and designed for the iTunes generation, who have been primarily listening to digital music throughout their lives and perceive and equate those boosted highs and lows to good sound quality (see

If you enjoy the sound of music coming through your Macbook Pro’s built in speakers using the EQ within iTunes, or if you enjoy the sound quality of your Bose Quiet Comfort headphones, then this cartridge is for you

The sound quality is amazing.

Amazing quality and what a breeze to install

On a budget and on the go, a cheap CD player or an iPod is far better and obviously more practical than a cheap record player, but a record played on a basically decent turntable with a good quality cartridge and needle made by a reputable company is altogether a vastly different kind of experience than listening to a digital source the same way