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Any truth to my feeling that MM carts are possibly better than MC on rock recordings?

I have an Ortofon Red on a Project Debut Carbon and a EAT C Sharp with an MC Ortofon Quintet Black. I have two systems and I've switched the tables between the systems and tried a few different scenarios and I hear a little more punch with the Ortofon Red. I know all things aren't equal here but I'm trying to explain this somehow. One system is Dynaudio Evidence Temptations with JC 1 Monos and JC 2BP Pre. PS Audio Stellar phono or a little Project MM phono. The other system is PrimaLuna 400 Evo Integrated with same phono stages and Salk Sound 3 speakers. The Project and Ortofon Red sound great to my ears. More punch and solidity of sound.
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avanti1960
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Not for me.

I had one of the best MM cartridges in an Ortofon 2M Black.  Sounded very good compared to other MM cartridges I had but compared to my LOMCs the black was left in the dust for all music but especially rock.  It lacked dynamics, sounded clear but anemic and was unrefined compared to my MCs which added more distortion to compressed rock recordings. 

The best MC i had for rock was the Audio Technica ART9 which had amazing bass, a huge sound stage and explosive dynamics.  

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