@dhite71 , that is an unfortunate experience you had with PL. I had a high output Voice and after about 50 hours it started mistracking. Inspection showed the stylus was pointed in an odd direction. The cantilever had twisted in it's fitting! I took a picture and emailed it to SS. Peter messaged me and just said, "call" and the number, which I did. He told me to send him the cartridge and to label the box, "For Peter's desk only." I had a brand new cartridge 4 days later. So, Peter must have had a bad day or somehow you rubbed him the wrong way, whatever. The Voice is a high output version of the Sussurro and in most systems a much better cartridge and you would have had no problems with output.
If you want to improve the performance of your system you have to move up the chain. I think the MSL does that nicely. Be patient and save up, that advice coming from an immediate gratification freak, but there you are.