Cartridge Opinions - Sorry


Yeah, another dumb "what's your opinion on these cartridges" thread. Back in the late 80's we had dealers where you could listen to the stuff.

So anyhow I have a Linn LP12 with Ittok arm and a 30 year old Audioquest B200L cartridge. I'm running it through the phono stage of a Jeff Rowland Coherence One into a Spectral DMA90 through a set of Kef R300's.

I prefer a little more laid back sound (err on the side of forgiving instead of fatiguing) but I like a lot of upper end detail, precise soundstaging, air, etc.

So far I'm considering an Ortofon Quintet S Black, Hana SL or a Benz wood - something at or below the $1k level.

I'd love to hear any opinions, suggestions, and experiences with those cartridges or others in the price range. I could possibly go higher if there is something out there that really shines for less than $1,500.

Thanks.


klooker
Hm, a turntable manufacturer thinks the arm is more important, a cartridge manufacturer think the cartridge is more important. Never mind that in the latter's explanation, he lists a number of reasons the arm is a lot more important than he suggests!.

Its no secret that Raul prefers digital. Most of the people I know that play vinyl insist that it sounds better than digital. All this says to me is that Raul isn't in this to be informative- he's in it to be right. There is a profound difference.
@kennyc  Its important not to take anything that shows up on internet forums personally- else the fatigue sets in quite quickly and the trolls win.

@atmasphere 
thanks for the advice.  Earlier I thought “atmasphere is lucky to have dodged this exercise”.  
@atmasphere  LOL, you are 100% correct. I too noticed that dear Raul didn't take it upon himself to consult with a tonearm manufacturer or turntable manufacturer....but that would risk him getting an opinion opposite to his!
@atmasphere

please post your favorite tonearms, except for Triplanar and SME
Dear @kennyc : Thank's for your interest on the set up.

Only for your records I knew about that 92 way before MF posted and I was in WBF way before you can imagine it.  As a fact MF already learned some alignment issues rigth from audiophiles.

Yes, to much fatigue and useless for me because unfortunatelly I don't learned yet nothing new for any of your tedious posts.

Enough.

R.