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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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Every cartridge designed for all genres of music, the rest is personal preferences.
As @zavato posted mastering engineers (disk cutting) are using MM because of their neutrality. I must admit that Doug Sax choice was the 881 stereohedron tip (not 681 elliptical ) from Stanton in the 80’s.
Regarding the lowest moving mass people should look for MI , but Technics made fairly low moving mass MM too. And not only Technics with its superlight Boron Pipe cantilever.
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