Has anyone upgraded from an AudioTechnica ART9?

Just to correct myself:  I wrote that the output of the ART7 is 0.24mV.  After I posted, some others mentioned the output at 0.12mV.  Those persons are correct; the output is 0.12mV, not 0.24mV.  Sorry about that. However, for what it's worth, I run mine through the MC inputs of a Manley Steelhead, using the 65db gain setting.  The linestage of the Steelhead adds no additional gain, so 65db is all there is, and I have enough output to drive my Beveridge amplifiers as loud as I might ever want, or louder.  For comparison, my Ortofon MC2000 with a stated output of .05mV cannot cut the mustard in this same system; the gain is inadequate.  (I would need a SUT into the MM inputs.) Results depend not only upon phono and linestage gain but also upon the input sensitivity of the amplifier and the efficiency of the speakers.  For each of us, the gain requirement at the input phono stage end can be quite different when you crank in those other factors.
Raul, isn't the Lyra Etna a very expensive cartridge, well above $5K?  I'm sure it's quite good.

Chak
I would have said the art7 was a worthy alternative to the art9.
The 20Sla not so much......

Dear @lewm : Yes, the Etna is more expensive than 5K but I linked to the OP a very good offer for it.

R.

@slaw

Does your post imply lpgear is selling non-authentic cartridges?

My point was just about the styli they are selling for an old discontinued vintage AT Moving Magnet cartridges from the 70's, such as AT20SLa, those styli does not have a gold AT logo on it, they does not have a dished numbers on it, so i have no idea what they are selling and why should i trust them, but as a collector of the original vintage AT cartridges i know for sure that original styli looks different and they are all have an ID of genuine AT products such as LOGO and NUMBER. Audio-Technica cartridges i have own (or owned) are not from Europe and USA, they are from the region of manufacturing and they are genuine, at the same time they are different from LP Gear stuff. This is all i’m trying to say, each one can make their own conclusion. This is a closeup picture of my original stylus.

@uberwalts

I would have said the art7 was a worthy alternative to the art9. The 20Sla not so much......

Maybe, who knows. For me an alternative is something different, not just the same house sound of the recent AT LOMC which i am quiet familiar with since the ART2000. As you can see our Pani went completely different direction from the modern AT MC sound.

The vintage AT MM is different and can be an alternative too, but i prefer AT-ML180 OCC to the earlier AT20SLa. The "sound of mastertape" is all about MM. They can be much cheaper as the AT20SLa , but AT-ML180 ain’t cheap at all. Anyway it is an alternative Moving Magnet sound to the Moving Coil sound.

As for the LOMC with warmer organic analog sound, as an alternative to the modern ART9 sound, the old Miyabi and modern Miyajima is the way to go in my opinion.