Thanks I appreciate the info. I'm happy with the deck the way it is. The arm is rough looking from the years and I would like to upgrade its appearance. The high end arms are too pricy for me. I'm looking around for a sme 3009. It's just an ongoing project you see.

I agree with you on the Grado in that arm. I'm not sure how low the compliance for the Shure M97xe is. But, with the Grado I was getting some resonance showing in cone movement, that is not there when I use the Shure. I raised the vta a little and the Shure opened up and sounds very nice now.

I found good results tracking at 2.1 or 2.2 grams. The Grado was tracking well at 1.8, 1.9 The Shure needed a bit more. I'll have to give the Stanton a go in a few weeks.

Do you have a pointer on glueing the stylus in?

Bill