Thanks very the very helpful advice, nopiano. Yes I have a phono stage on my amp. I bought a Cambridge Audio AM10 Topaz just to use with this old turntable. It has a built in phono stage. I have tried changing the tracking weight as you suggest and found that it sounds best at just a touch under 2 grams. I have also noticed it sounds better with some records than others. Mostly I am listening to modern jazz - Bill Evans, Jim Hall, Bill Frisell, Art Pepper, Sonny Rollins, etc. The guitar/piano stuff sounds better with the AT-95e and the predominantly horn based stuff is better with the Ortofon. So I have get a second headshell so that I can interchange according to what I am listening to. Thanks for the advice.