I've decided to go with the Sumiko Blackbird. It has enough bite to bring my jazz LPs to life with the other components in my system (i.e., my EAR phono stage, UNICO amplifier, and Spendor speakers) tempering any edge or brightness, if there is any edge or brightness with this cartridge, which all of the audio reviews say there is not.
Blackbird is a very good cartridge but it's quite heavy (close to 10g). Not sure it's a "best match" with Rega tonearm (Sumiko or your dealer can explain that to you).
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