Hi!

Need an opinion.

I'm am now using, temporarily, a Shure M-97 XE, that is replacing my Denon DL-301 MKII, which, had it stylus suspended melted, probably due to some "heavy" cleaning with Isopropyl alcohol.
I sent it to a company in Germany that is said to do a great job in rettiping/replacing stylus in all kinds of cartridges. But, unfortunatelly, it seems it has no repair, so, I ended up with a 2 year old cart w/out stylus.
So, and because I liked this cart so much I'm considering on buying a new one.
However, I'm also considering the Audio Technica AT-F7, that can be bought at LPGear for something around 240 USD, or a 2nd hand Benz L0.4, for around the same price as a brand new DL-301MKII.

But I'm open for more suggestions, around the same budget.

Any suggestions/opinions will be much apreciated.

Thanks

Cheers

David