Thank you for the feedback, Dominic, and for the links to the web sites. Very well done, and I like your common sense approach.Since my last post, I went ahead and purchased a Shure M97xE, and I'm tracking at a cool 1.25g. It is clearly superior in sound to the stock Audio Technica cartridge that came with the turntable, but having said that, the AT cartridge is no slouch either. It will be good to have a backup to use on some records that might require a heavier tracking force.
Coop