The sound quality was pretty good

I am astounded at how much this improved the sound quality of my setup

The sound quality is amazing and the deeper sounds such as treble and bass come out booming

Switching to this Ortofon 2M undeniably improved the sound quality just like that

The upgrade improved the sound quality substantially.

Again for $99 this seems to me like an excellent investment to improve vinyl sound quality.

My feeling is that if you like the sound of the shure you will like this cartridge even more as they have a similar Timbre quality and tonal signature...for the budget conscious the Shure M97xe might be a better buy as it offers good sound at a cheaper price... but audiophiles are usually willing to pay more for something that is slightly better and so this cartridge falls into that category almost as if it were designed and priced to compete against the Shure M97xe

n’t happy with my turn table with the 2m installed.