I think I would rather have the ART1000 with its butterfly wing coil.
I was super happy when the ART9 was a $1K cartridge, actually $950.
Now they are $1500 bucks and the next lowest price model is the 33sa @ $769.
Quite a big gap.
A New MC to Catch One's Attention
The Link is showing a most recent Cartridge on offer from Audio Technica.
From what I see in the sales spiel, there are a good line up of what would be Ticked Boxes to get the model noticed.
There seems to be plenty on offer to get one's attention.