Glider upgrade?

I went from the Glider to a Lyra Lydian B and have never looked back. Although not made any more the Argo or Dorian are in the same price range and reportedly better than the Lydian.

I noticed exactly what your dealer said. The wood body series are faster, more detailed, and if set-up properly the imaging and soundstage are much better than the Glider.

You really should enlist the help of a dealer who sells many brands of cartridges and knows the sound characteristics of them. David Lewis in Philadelphia or Audio Revelations of Carlsbad, California carry many lines. They will also know the loading and gain characteristics of your phono preamp and the mass loading aspects of your table/arm combo all of which are very important in selecting a cartidge. Without paying close attention to these details, it's almost senseless to talk about the "sound" of any cartridge since a table/arm, phono preamp mis-match will not yield the true sound of any cartridge.