What should my next cartridge be?

Also, yes I love the Herron. It’s incredible.

The tone arm is the factory one, I believe it just the concept tone arm? (No ground wire)

I would advice to look for Miyajima cartridges (Kansui or Madake), but i’m not sure you have an appropriate tonearm for very low compliance cartridges.

I’m ready for something new... I’m looking for something with great all-around performance like the Hana.

It is easy to exceed performance of Hana if this is what you’re looking for, and it’s important to match a cartridge to your tonearm. You need to know effective mass of your tonearm first (and your cartridge dynamic compliance at 10Hz too).

As i can see Clear Audio own MM and LOMC cartridges have compliance figures between 9-15cu. It is LOW and MID compliance.

If you can use low compliance then definitely read about Miyajima cartridges.

As for the mid compliance you can get superb performance with some of the best vintage MM and MI cartridges on your tonearm (within the price of Hana). Using them you will get not only the best (user replaceable) stylus profile, but also advanced cantilevers like titanium, beryllium, sapphire, boron or even diamond ... that you will never get from Hana (Excel Sound Inc.). You will save a lot , without compromise in performance, if you will try vintage (NOS) cartridges. 

As you might know Hana was made by Excel Sound, you can look at the cost of their top models called Etsuro  with exotic cantilevers (you’ll be shocked), here is the thread about some unknown models made by Excel Sound back in the days in comparison to new Etsuro.

 

Speaking of Soundsmitth carts, one that has piqued my interest in the under $2K category is the Zephyr MIMC Star ES Low Output MI Phono Cartridge.  With a weight of 10.25g it should be a decent compliance match with a pretty wide range of arms.  I have not heard one yet but it's received very good reviews.

What's wrong with getting a Hana ML?? A rather BIG step upwards, according to former colleagues.