Dynavector 20X or Grado Sonata for VPI?

I used Sonata for a while. Did not have enough air and detail for me. 20x is probably a better choice. I did the the Statement1 and this did not disappoint on my VPI Aries 3.

Grado Sonata was very musical, however, I felt that there was a brown haze over everything. It wasn't that noticeable until I compared it to my Benz LP.

I am glad that I am not the only one that was not impressed with the Grado. I was a Grado dealer for awhile and have tried every Grado wood body cartridge expect for the Reference "Reference". I just could never warm up to any of them. They were all "blah" sounding. No life or energy.

I know that Grado recommends at least 50 to 100 hours to break them in, but I couldn't ever make it that far. The dullness just wore on me.

The DV20X is a very nice, dynamic cartridge. One of my favorites for the price.

Many thanks for your input folks. Given the preference for the Dynavector, I wondered about the version - VPI recommends the custom mid-output version but I am not sure how well that mates with a SS phonostage (too strong for the MC input, too weak for the MM input?) - is the low output version a better choice?