Rebuild or new cartridge with my zeta tonearm


Hey all,

im refurbishing my Gyrodec with Zeta tonearm. I have a Sumiko Talisman Virtuoso B . It needs a new stylus and possible rebuild from Soundsmith. My question:

is it better to rebuild the Sumiko or get a new cart? What carts would you recommend within tonearm? 
Thanks in Advance
birdfan
@chakster the mass of the Zeta is 16 grams I believe. 
@mijostyn thanks for your thoughts I’ll look into those options
I think I would like to stay under $500. That is about what it will cost to get the Sumiko overhauled..
Birdfan, 16 gms seems a little heavy for that arm but I would certainly stay away from cartridges with a compliance over 20 u/mN. If it is indeed 16 gm then you had better stick with the Clearaudio cartridges which are down around 15 u/mN. Most MM cartridges are over 20 u/m. Soundsmith has low compliance cartridges but they are all low output. I assume since you were using a high output moving coil cartridge that you do not have a high gain phono section.
I actually bought schiit’s entry level oh I.. which has all kinds of settings for a range of carts. I believe it will do LOMC. I guess I’ve never been sold on MC as they all seem so expensive.. but I do have preamp
If you were happy with the sound of your Sumiko go for the rebuild it should sound as good if not better than new.
I had my Sumiko BPS Evo 3 rebuilt and was very happy with the results