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High output MC cartridges

I'm looking to replace my MI cartridge with a HOMC cartridge.
I've narrowed it down (price/output mV) to either the Dynavector 20x2 MC, or, the Sumiko Blackbird MC .
Before I take another plung .... I thought I'd run it by the AG community to see if anybody out there has experience comparing these two offerings?
thehorn
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The horn
Did you see my post on the demo Aida for sale at 1099 USA dollars on eBay?

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F123800444511

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Thx uber,
Bill
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Yw.
Btw I have no affiliation to Hifi Heaven but I have bought quite a number of items from them over the years and Jim is nearly always willing to strike a deal.

Good luck!
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Some decent IM/MI cartridges are much cheaper than SoundSmith.
For example: ADC TRX-2 with Sapprire cantilever and Vital III PH diamond.
Designed by Nakatsuka-San (now ZYX) for ADC back in the day.

Also some absolutely killer MM cartridges can be found for $500-800 NOS with best cantilevers and styli.

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Say [chakster],you really know how to leave a guy hanging.
[chakster] " some absolutely killer MM cartridges can be found for $500-800 NOS with best cantilevers and styli".
I found a a few other used MM + a Sure V15 mkIV (not sure about Sure’s) .  You?
Am interested in your opinion as just to what you’d classify as killer MM, & the best NOS cantilevers and styli are?
Thx for going the extra mile.
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