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5 cartridges - Cello, vdH, Benz, Zu, Hana - what stays and what goes?

Need help.  I have five cartridges.  Anyone that has opinion about which one to prefer.  I can't have a dealer mount them one after the other to evaluate.  One will be mounted.  1 or 2 will be sold.

1. van den Hul Grasshopper II.  Recently retipped by Sound-smith.
2. Cello Chorale.  By Isamu Ikeda;    Recently retipped.  Ruby cantilever.
3.  Brand New Zu Audio DL-103; Grade 1
4.  Micro Benz MC-3;  Not used for 15 years.  Would give a retip if this should be my choice.
5. Hana EH

Thanks,
dcaudio

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Ditto on diving in to learn cart setup. Same is true of the ET arm setup.

You have two turntables and one phono...thats a puzzle worth solving!

Are you using a standalone phono pre? There are options for dual input phono preamps. Some use a switch and some are dual preamps. Might look into them?
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