Raul, that is sort of a wishy-washy answer. There are quality levels in all categories. My point is there are MM and MI cartridges that out perform some LOMC cartridges.
Absolutely, no questions about it.
Iāll tell you more: there are MM cartridges that outperform MI or IM cartridges.
Also LOMC cartridges are different, some of them are too bad, some of them are amazing.
We can only say what we like in our systems with our gear.
For me itās important to have all types of cartridges ready to use when Iām in the mood for MM, MI or MC. Using high quality cartridges, tonearms and phono stages I want to switch from one to another, because at certain mood I prefer one type of another. And there is no absolute for me. Two turntables and 4 tonearms are always in my system.
At the moment two different Fidelity-Research tonearms (64fx and 64s) and cartridges (fr7f and fr7fz) are battling in my system with 3 different phono stages (one is current-injection type) with additional LUX SUT and ZYX Headamp. Each has itās own advantages, but they are all great, just slightly different flavor. My First Watt buffer preamp was off for a year or so and yesterday I put it back to compare to my bigger Pass Labs preamp. When another amp from my wantlist has arrives (Red Wine Audio 30.2) I put it in my main system and I was so happy about the sound, itās battery powered amp in my system that never gets hot like my Yamamoto with nearly 100 y.o. RCA Globe tubes, or First Watt power amp ... those are super heaters.
In my opinion itās nice to change the sound, itās a sort of re-freshness.
Cartridge swap is always a good idea in this situation. If I prefer one variant today itās not necessary that I will prefer it tomorrow. Itās important to have a choice, this is why I donāt understand people who can speak about one particular cartridge (or cartridge type) as an absolute best.