Has anyone upgraded from an AudioTechnica ART9?

Chak
Those pictures were of the 20Sla, not the art7 which we were discussing?
What is the relevance?

Slaw
Thank you
It does indeed look like LPGear does carry the ART7 still.
I think I must ditch Yahoo as a search engine, it is getting worse!

The ART 7 can also be found here
http://www.elusivedisc.com/Audio-Technica-AT-ART7-Dual-Moving-Coil-Cartridge/productinfo/AT-ART7/

Having spent time with the ART 9 and my present Kiseki Blue, I would look into the 7 , but I don't want to bother with additional gain via step up. My phonostage is only 60 db's. 1.2 mv is a wee bit low.

0.12mv is indeed way too low for just 60db gain.
My Chinook has the same max gain and I went with a Denon SUT to boost signal on my 0.24mv cart.
This worked very well so I would think the art7 would work equally well as with the SUT I still did not have to use much actual amp volume to get very decent sq levels.

Chak
Those pictures were of the 20Sla, not the art7 which we were discussing?
What is the relevance?

Good point, but we’re discussing ART-9 in general and alternatives, not the ART-7 as you may think, LOL

BTW i think the great alternative for the OP if he’s looking for something completely different can be Miyajima Kansui or Madake (with $2k-5k it is possible)